DARPA Issues Call for Street-Legal Robot Racers

by Jonathan Skillings ZDNet News, 2 May 2006 The DARPA Grand Challenge has conquered the desert. Now it's ready to move downtown. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency plans to hold its third contest for robotic vehicles in November 2007, with a first prize set at $2 million. This would be the agency's first attempt at getting driverless vehicles to negotiate city streets. Read more