1. The Grand Challenge By SJSU Team ????

2. Objective Autonomous Vehicle Race Starts at Barstow, CA Crosses Mohawk Desert (250 miles) Finishes in Las Vegas

3. Prize The winner is: fastest within 10 hours Prize Money: $1 Million

4. Challenges Waypoints will be given 2 hours before start of race At some points width of allowed path may be quite narrow Must navigate past obstacles like dry river beds, obstructions like buildings & walls, underpasses

5. Sub Projects Sub Projects Steering control from laptop commands GPS linked with gyro control for accuracy or if GPS signal blanked out Visual Pattern Recognition for obstacle avoidance Ultrasound sensing of obstacles Radar sensing of obstacles Etc., etc.

6. WEB References: WEB References: http://www.darpa.mil/grandchallenge/ http://www.overbot.com