Race day: The Grand Challenge begins
It's on! Today's the day for the Grand Challenge, the the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's road race to see if an autonomous robot can get from Barstow, CA to Las Vegas in less than ten hours. We were worried that none of the 25 robots that entered would get past the qualifiers (it was looking iffy), but DARPA ended up relaxing the rules and clearing 15 teams to race. We'll have results from the challenge as soon as they become available. [Pictured at right, today's favorite, CMU's Sandstorm, during a weaker moment]
