Not surprisingly, no one won the DARPA Grand Challenge, a 150-mile automated robot driving race. Two robots managed to make it 7 miles, which is actually not bad. That’s a tough challenge, and it will be quite a milestone when someone does end up winning the prize.
This year the grand challenge will be on a totally new level. Yesterday I went to the Stanley Team press conference:
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