"ALGORITHMS: Driverless vehicles meeting challenge"

The winners of the last Grand Challenge, an autonomous vehicle race sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa), announced their entry for this year's Urban Grand Challenge. The entries were announced Saturday (Feb. 17) during the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in San Francisco. The Stanford University entry, called "Junior," is a a driverless Volkswagen Passant that will navigate over 100 miles of urban streets with over 85 other autonomous vehicles competing for the grand prize of $2 million for the fastest qualifying vehicle; $1 million for second place and $500,000 for third place. The race takes place on Nov. 3, 2007.
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