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1. Boinggg... military robot jumps 25 feet high

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Tuesday, 15 September 2009

   ... Darpa.  Its designers had to consider varying surfaces, such as concrete or sand, and avoid it smashing on impact, tumbling or bouncing. “The Precision Urban Hopper is part of a broad effort ...

2. African locusts could help make better cars

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

   Friday, 19 September 2008

   ... anything new and many of the teams that were at last year’s DARPA Urban Challenge used various types of sensors on their robotic cars to detect obstacles.  However, most of the cars opted to use ...

3. iPhone and Xbox 360 controller commands DARPA’s killer ‘Crusher’ robot

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

   Friday, 29 February 2008

   For the past few weeks, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and U.S. Army have been running the ‘Crusher’ six-wheeled robot through torturous recon and cave-clearing missions.  By ...

4. Spinning laser maker is the real winner of the Urban Challenge

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

   Wednesday, 07 November 2007

   Getting first place in a car race is great, but imagine finishing in 1st, 2nd and 4th places.  No, it’s not impossible because at last Saturday’s DARPA Urban Challenge, Velodyne did ...

5. Update: DARPA Urban Challenge 2007 complete coverage

   (Event Coverage/Event Coverage Features)

   Monday, 05 November 2007

   Coverage from the DARPA Urban Challenge (October 26 - November 3) 2007 with videos and slideshows.   DARPA Urban Challenge 2007 October 26 to November 3, 2007     Top ...

6. Video: Tartan Racing (CMU) wins DARPA Urban Challenge

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

   Sunday, 04 November 2007

   DARPA has just announced that Tartan Racing from Carnegie Mellon University has won the Urban Challenge race.  Stanford Racing and Victor Tango finished second and third respectively.  The ...

7. DARPA Urban Challenge Race Blog - update 1:56 PM

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   Friday, 02 November 2007

   "Almost live" DARPA Urban Challenge race coverage Victorville (CA) – DARPA URBAN CHALLENGE RACE BLOG Videos, pictures and articles covering the Urban Challenge Qualifications Posted ...

8. Video: Mac Minis, cardboard and house fans power Urban Challenge underdog Ben Franklin Racing

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

   Friday, 02 November 2007

   With the DARPA Urban Challenge race just a few hours away, some teams are still patching together their cars for a potential destruction derby with other robotic vehicles.  Using pieces of cardboard, ...

9. Video: “We really don’t know what they’re going to do” – DARPA Urban Challenge head

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

   Friday, 02 November 2007

   DARPA’s top dog warns the media that the robotic vehicles in tomorrow’s Urban Challenge race will be unpredictable and will quickly get “random”.  “We really don’t ...

10. Video: DARPA Urban Challenge qualification highlights and gallery

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Thursday, 01 November 2007

    We know we’ve flooded you with video from the DARPA Urban Challenge qualifications so here’s a picture gallery of many of the bots in action.  Of course, we just have to include DARPA’s ...

11. DARPA only allows 11 teams into the Urban Challenge

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Thursday, 01 November 2007

    DARPA officials took a chainsaw to the remaining list of Urban Challenge contestants and are allowing only 11 teams into this Saturday’s race.  Dr. Tony Tether, the head of DARPA, said the ...

12. Video: Team Gray already looking past this Saturday’s Urban Challenge race

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Wednesday, 31 October 2007

    ... vehicle operations. http://www4.tomshardware.com/site/downloads/darpa_urbanchallenge_teamgray_interview.flvVideo interview with Team Gray http://www4.tomshardware.com/site/downloads/darpa_urbanchallenge_teamgray_slalom.flv ...

13. Video: Smooth run by Stanford’s robotic Passat cements team’s entry into Urban Challenge

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    Wednesday, 31 October 2007

    ... run on Tuesday.  The team’s bot “Junior” methodically, quickly and smoothly made its laps around the track and easily avoided all the human driven chase cars.   http://www4.tomshardware.com/site/downloads/darpa_urbanchallenge_stanford_goodrun.flvVideo ...

14. Video: Another scary run for Caltech’s ALICE bot at the DARPA Urban Challenge

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Wednesday, 31 October 2007

    It seems like Caltech’s ALICE bot has a liking for human-driven chase cars at the DARPA Urban Challenge qualifications.  During one qualification run, the robotic minivan repeatedly went ...

15. Update - DARPA eliminates eight more teams from Urban Challenge race

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    Wednesday, 31 October 2007

    DARPA officials have just eliminated six more teams from any further qualification runs and the Urban Challenge race itself.  The eliminated teams are 1. Caltech 2. Mojavaton 3. Team Jefferson 4. ...

16. Video: Team Gator Nation crashes at DARPA Urban Challenge

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Wednesday, 31 October 2007

    It was a good run, but Team Gator Nation was eliminated from the DARPA Urban Challenge qualifications the same day its bot crashed into a concrete wall.  The robotic Toyota Highlander drove out ...

17. Video: Team Stanford shows off its secret sauce at the DARPA Urban Challenge

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Wednesday, 31 October 2007

    ... on the driver side windshield.  But the windshield obstruction isn’t a big deal because this car from Stanford University doesn’t need a driver and from what we’ve seen at the DARPA ...

18. Video: Golem Group talks about their bot’s crash

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Tuesday, 30 October 2007

    Members of the Golem Group team candidly told us what cause their robot’s crash during a qualification run at the DARPA Urban Challenge.  The “Golem 3” robotic Prius had been running ...

19. Six teams eliminated from the DARPA Urban Challenge

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Tuesday, 30 October 2007

    There are still two days left at the DARPA Urban Challenge qualifications, but officials are already eliminating teams because of poor performance.  DARPA has just told us that six teams have been ...

20. Video: “First robotic car to hit a car driven by a human” – Axion Racing interview

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Tuesday, 30 October 2007

    While the DARPA Urban Challenge race could be the first time robotic vehicles drive 60 miles through a simulated city environment, one of the contestants is reveling in another first.  Bill Kehaly, ...

21. Video: Caltech’s bot hesitantly runs through Urban Challenge qualification course

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Tuesday, 30 October 2007

    Caltech, a powerhouse engineering university in Pasadena California, is going for DARPA gold at the Urban Challenge qualifications in Victorville California.  The school's “ALICE” ...

22. Video: Golem Group Prius footage before the crash

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Monday, 29 October 2007

    While crashes are probably the most spectacular things spectators and media have seen at the DARPA Urban Challenge qualification runs, smooth runs are equally amazing from an academic view.  Golem ...

23. Video: Sting Racing second follow-up

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Monday, 29 October 2007

    Sting Racing’s bot “Sting 1” had another scrape with a concrete wall at the DARPA Urban Challenge in Victorville California.  The collision happened Sunday, one day after the ...

24. Video: Autonomous Prius rebels against its masters, burns out and crashes

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Sunday, 28 October 2007

    This could be world’s first autonomous burnout and crash of a Toyota Prius.  At the DARPA Urban Challenge qualifications in Victorville California today, the Golem Group's “Golem ...

25. Video: Axion Racing’s bot collides into chase car at Urban Challenge

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Sunday, 28 October 2007

    So far the crashes at the DARPA Urban Challenge have been restricted between robots and concrete, but today we saw Axion Racing’s vehicle “Spirit” collide with a human-driven chase ...

26. Video: Sting Racing successfully repairs damaged bot

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Sunday, 28 October 2007

    After several hours of work into the wee hours of the night, it appears that Sting Racing has largely fixed the damage caused during Saturday’s crash at the DARPA Urban Challenge qualifications.  ...

27. Video: Bots crash at the DARPA Urban Challenge

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Saturday, 27 October 2007

    ... into another K-Rail on its practice run.  See the spectacular collision and hear the bone-crunching sounds on our video below. http://www4.tomshardware.com/site/downloads/darpa_urbanchallenge_stingcrash.flv ...

28. Video: Qualification runs begin at Urban Challenge

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Saturday, 27 October 2007

    You can call it an elegant ballet of cars as the qualification runs for the DARPA Urban Challenge began today.  Robotic cars from 35 teams will now be driving themselves through three test areas ...

29. DARPA Urban Challenge: NC State/Insight Racing Lotus

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Friday, 26 October 2007

    ... using a very low-to-the-ground Lotus Elise.  Bristling with lasers, cameras and of course a very good engine, the team hopes the car can speed itself to victory. Darpa Urban Challenge - Insight Racing's ...

30. Urban Challenge: Team Oshkosh vids

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Brief)

    Friday, 26 October 2007

    http://www4.tomshardware.com/site/downloads/darpa_urbanchallenge_oshkosh.flv Overview of Team Oshkosh/Terramax  http://www4.tomshardware.com/site/downloads/darpa_urbanchallenge_seeing.flv How the ...

31. Urban Challenge: Opening Ceremonies

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Friday, 26 October 2007

    It’s dark and very early and it feels like I’ve already smoked a pack of cigarettes.  The DARPA Urban Challenge qualification round has kicked off amid a host of raging fires burning ...

32. Darpa Urban Challenge – Let’s get ready to rumble

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Thursday, 25 October 2007

    In about 24 hours, robotic cars will be zooming around the former George Air Force Base in Victorville for the DARPA Urban Challenge and TG Daily will be covering the exciting event in force.  ...

33. What it takes to become a DARPA urban challenge contender

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 17 October 2007

    The lowest-budget team participating in the DARPA Urban Challenge later this month. From Kokomo, Indiana, meet Team Ody-Era. Kokomo (IN) - When you take a small group of very smart, dedicated people, ...

34. TGDaily Video Page

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Brief)

    Tuesday, 02 October 2007

    ... Canon HV20 HDV Footage test   Click here for all DARPA Urban Challenge 2007 videos and content Space Style 2007 Fashion show - Zero-G fashion for future space tourists Article ...

35. Shoestring budget won't stop Princeton’s Urban Challenge team

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Thursday, 16 August 2007

    Princeton University students are hoping that a donated car, an eBay-bought GPS and a lot of hard work are enough to win the upcoming DARPA Urban Challenge race. Princeton (NJ) – Princeton University ...

36. DARPA Urban Challenge: Axion Racing Interview

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Wednesday, 15 August 2007

    With the DARPA Urban Challenge just over two months away, we are starting a series of in-depth and very technical interviews of the 36 semi-finalists. Westlake Village (CA) – With the DARPA Urban ...

37. DARPA Urban Challenge: Teams, cars and photos

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Tuesday, 14 August 2007

    DARPA’s mega robot car race is a little over two months away and here is an easy table of the 36 teams, vehicle names and car models. Culver City (CA) – DARPA’s mega robot car race ...

38. DARPA selects 36 teams for the Urban Challenge qualifier

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Thursday, 09 August 2007

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has selected 36 teams for the next phase in the upcoming autonomous vehicle Urban Challenge race. Anaheim (CA) – The Defense Advanced Research ...

39. Teleatlas shows off Mobile Mapping Van at CTIA

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Friday, 30 March 2007

    ...       See pictures of the Tele Atlas Mobile Mapping Van...   A first glance the van looks like something you would see at the DARPA Grand Challenge with a multitude of cameras, ...

40. Teams picked for rush hour robot race

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Wednesday, 04 October 2006

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has picked the first 11 teams for next year's Urban Challenge race. In the race, robotic cars from each team will have to complete an urban, obstacle ...

41. Bots to take on urban driving: DARPA Grand Challenge 3 announced

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Wednesday, 03 May 2006

    The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has announced its third annual robot race, the DARPA Urban Challenge - or as some are calling it, "Grand Challenge 3." This time, it's not the ...