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Robot Racers Catch a Break

By Noah Shachtman

09:54 AM Mar. 10, 2004 PT

The rules were simple: If drone makers wanted to compete in the Pentagon's million-dollar, robotic, off-road rally, they had to make sure their creations could navigate a mile-long obstacle course first. The test was needed, Defense Department officials repeatedly said, to make sure the bots had a prayer of completing this Saturday's 210-mile journey across the Mojave Desert.

But when the qualifying rounds began Monday for this Grand Challenge, run by the Pentagon research arm Darpa, it quickly became clear (PDF) that only a handful of the bots could pass the exam on the opening day. The array of slight ditches and wide passages set up at the California Speedway were just too much for the drones.

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(Thanks to FredA!)


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