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|In June 1933, William Branham experienced a series of 7 prophetic visions. In the fourth vision, scientific acheivement produced a driverless vehicle, while cars continued to be shaped more and more like an egg. | | | ||
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Teams from Carnegie Melon, Stanford University, and Virginia Tech won the top three prizes in DARPA's Urban Challenge. Each of these driverless cars completed a 60 mile mock urban course, navigating traffic and obeying California's traffic laws. DARPA handed out prizes totaling $3,500,000.[http://news.google.ca/news?hl=en&q=urban%20challenge&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn] [http://www.darpa.mil/grandchallenge/] | |||
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In June 1933, William Branham experienced a series of 7 prophetic visions. In the fourth vision, scientific acheivement produced a driverless vehicle, while cars continued to be shaped more and more like an egg. | |||
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On Sunday October 8, 2005 a modified Volkswagen Touareg named Stanley beat 23 other robotic cars and 150 miles of Nevada Desert to claim a $2 Million prize and the rights to be called the first autonomouns off-road vehicle. Stanley is guided by video, laser, radar and GPS signals, is run by seven on-board Intel Pentiums, and is able to tell the difference between a tumbleweed and a rock. Stanley was invented by a team at Stanford University. Visit the [http://www.grandchallenge.org GrandChallenge] website for more details. | On Sunday October 8, 2005 a modified Volkswagen Touareg named Stanley beat 23 other robotic cars and 150 miles of Nevada Desert to claim a $2 Million prize and the rights to be called the first autonomouns off-road vehicle. Stanley is guided by video, laser, radar and GPS signals, is run by seven on-board Intel Pentiums, and is able to tell the difference between a tumbleweed and a rock. Stanley was invented by a team at Stanford University. Visit the [http://www.grandchallenge.org GrandChallenge] website for more details. | ||
On Saturday November 3, 2007, the Tartan Racing Team (Carnegie Melon) bested Stanley Jr. and Virginia Tech in a 60 mile mock urban course. Not only did these vehicles have to complete the course, they also had to navigate traffic (each other and stunt drivers) and obey all of California's traffic laws. DARPA handed out prizes totaling $3,500,000.[http://news.google.ca/news?hl=en&q=urban%20challenge&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn] [http://www.darpa.mil/grandchallenge/] | |||
The U.S. military has a mandate from Congress to have 30% of all military vehicles unmanned by 2015. The DARPA Grand Challenge and Urban Challenge are part of the U.S. military strategy to achieve this goal. | The U.S. military has a mandate from Congress to have 30% of all military vehicles unmanned by 2015. The DARPA Grand Challenge and Urban Challenge are part of the U.S. military strategy to achieve this goal. | ||