A 175 mile “race” through the desert DARPA Grand Challenge A 175 mile “race” through the desert 1/11/2019
Description of Challenge Up to 175 mile route through the desert Mountainous terrain up / down 2000 ft Completely autonomous vehicles For 2004, 106 teams entered, 25 qualified, 5 made it past the first 100 yds Best showing: Carnegie Mellon @ 7.4 mi 1/11/2019
Sand 1/11/2019
Unpaved road 1/11/2019
Other pics from DARPA Presentation 1/11/2019
What is our objective? Win the $2M prize Develop technologies for general use Promote Indiana technology 1/11/2019
The vehicle w/ basic sensors 1/11/2019
Mast Folded 1/11/2019
Major Milestones December 15 – Basic autonomous operation March 11 – Application video and paper May 2 – DARPA Site visit September 28 – NQE (National Qualifying Event) October 8 – 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge 1/11/2019