DARPA Grand Challenge

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The DARPA Grand Challenge was a series of autonomous vehicle competitions in the 2000s that catalyzed major advances in self-driving car technology and robotics research.

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instanceOf autonomous vehicle competition
robotics competition
aim to accelerate development of autonomous ground vehicles
to advance self-driving car technology
to stimulate robotics research
competitionType off-road autonomous navigation
urban autonomous driving
country United States
eligibility independent teams
private companies
teams from universities
endTime 2007
field artificial intelligence
autonomous vehicles
robotics
hasPart DARPA Grand Challenge 2004
DARPA Grand Challenge 2005
DARPA Urban Challenge 2007
impact catalyzed major advances in self-driving car technology
demonstrated feasibility of long-range autonomous driving
helped create talent pool for commercial autonomous vehicles
inception 2003
influenced Google self-driving car project
Waymo
academic robotics research
autonomous vehicle industry
location California
Mojave Desert
Nevada
notableEvent DARPA Urban Challenge held on November 3 2007
first competition held on March 13 2004
second competition held on October 8 2005
notableParticipant Carnegie Mellon University Red Team
Stanford Racing Team
Team Gray
notablePerson Sebastian Thrun
William L Whittaker
notableWinner Boss
Stanley
organizer Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
prizeMoney 1000000 USD
2000000 USD
sponsor DARPA Information Exploitation Office
United States Department of Defense
startTime 2004
succeededBy DARPA Robotics Challenge
website https://www.darpa.mil/grandchallenge

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Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency notableProject DARPA Urban Challenge
linked to: DARPA Grand Challenge
DARPA Grand Challenge hasPart DARPA Grand Challenge 2004
linked to: DARPA Grand Challenge
DARPA Grand Challenge hasPart DARPA Grand Challenge 2005
linked to: DARPA Grand Challenge
DARPA Grand Challenge hasPart DARPA Urban Challenge 2007
linked to: DARPA Grand Challenge
Google self-driving car project inspiredBy DARPA Grand Challenge
Stanford Racing Team participatedIn DARPA Grand Challenge
Stanford Racing Team participatedIn DARPA Urban Challenge
linked to: DARPA Grand Challenge
Carnegie Mellon University Red Team competition DARPA Grand Challenge
Carnegie Mellon University Red Team competition DARPA Urban Challenge
linked to: DARPA Grand Challenge
Team Gray participatedIn DARPA Grand Challenge
Boss competition DARPA Urban Challenge
linked to: DARPA Grand Challenge
Sebastian Thrun participatedIn DARPA Grand Challenge
Stanley competition 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge
linked to: DARPA Grand Challenge
Tartan Racing competition 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge
linked to: DARPA Grand Challenge
Hendrik Dahlkamp notableWork Stanford autonomous vehicle projects
linked to: DARPA Grand Challenge
William L. "Red" Whittaker participatedIn DARPA Grand Challenge