Phenomenal...twenty-three robot-controlled (not remote-controlled, mind you) vehicles set off across the Majave desert Saturday morning in a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)-sponsored race across the desert. Last year's race, the first, saw none of the vehicles manage more than 7.5 miles, but this year saw a large number of the competitors finish the 132-mile race.The vehicles had to manage to cross dry stream beds, hills, rocky terrain, roads placed right next to precipitous drops, and three tunnels designed to knock out their GPS.
Impressive.
And relevant to our world because the whole driving force here is to have more autonomous vehicles for our military, vehicles that can cruise around war zones without endangering human soldiers. Kinda neat...
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