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Endangered Specie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-14-04 03:05 AM
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$1M Robot Race: No One Wins (CBS/AP)
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/03/10/tech/main605134.shtml

(AP) A $1 million race across the Mojave Desert by driverless robots ended Saturday after all 15 entries either broke down or withdrew, a race official said.

Two of the entries covered about seven miles of the roughly 150-mile course while eight failed to make it to the one-mile mark. Others crashed seconds after starting.

Excuse me if I laugh my butt off. That notwithstanding, I wouldnt be suprised if one of them failures STILL gets a contract.
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punpirate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-14-04 03:07 AM
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1. With DARPA sponsoring it...
... it's probably a good thing. Science in DARPA's service is not always good science for the public.
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Syrinx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-14-04 03:08 AM
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2. when I first heard about this, I thought the officials were swindlers
I didn't realize all the robots failed. lol
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Cognitive Diversity Donating Member (17 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-14-04 03:36 AM
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3. Nature won
heh
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Moderator DU Moderator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-14-04 08:48 AM
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4. Locking
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