In preparation for DARPA’s 2007 Urban Challenge competition in November, Carnegie Mellon University will be holding an event with their autonomous SUV tomorrow. The DARPA Urban Challenge involves several universities and many companies helping to develop advanced automotive technology that will one day be integrated in consumer vehicles.
As an added incentive for developing this technology, DARPA has designed the program as a series of competitive events with the grand prize being $2 million. General Motors flew me out to Pittsburgh, PA to take a first hand look at Carnegie Mellon’s self-driving Tahoe named BOSS. The event tomorrow will showcase the SUV’s basic navigation and traffic handling abilities.
Photo Credit: Carnegie Mellon Tartan RacingI will be meeting with many people involved with Carnegie Mellon’s DARPA vehicle tonight and tomorrow so if you have any questions you would like answered about DARPA, the event or technology, please leave a comment. I will be accompanied by people from Popular Mechanics, Motor Trend, GearLive and others.
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Off-topic: Reading your twits recently I came to a conclusion that you fly more times in 1 year than I in my whole life so far, lol.
So how did you get hooked into all this? Are you involved in CMU’s team?
i hope they’re ready for a beat down from Volkswagen and the Stanford University Racing Team with “Junior” a TDI Passat wagon ;)
http://oneighturbo.com/2007/06/12/vw-stanford-university-darpa-urban-challenge-contender/
@ Adam,
Look at Paul’s feedburner stats for a clue.
@Adam – I am not involved with CMU’s team. I am attending this event as a member of the media/press on GM’s behalf.
Man wish I was still there to meet up.
This is cool stuff. Let us know how it goes :)