DARPA Urban Challenge

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The DARPA Urban Challenge was a 2007 autonomous vehicle competition in which self-driving cars navigated a mock urban environment to advance robotics and driverless technology.

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DARPA Urban Challenge canonical 3
2007 DARPA Urban Challenge 1

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instanceOf DARPA Grand Challenge event ⓘ
autonomous vehicle competition ⓘ
aim advance autonomous vehicle technology ⓘ
develop self-driving cars capable of urban navigation ⓘ
improve robotics for military and civilian use ⓘ
competitionType autonomous driving ⓘ
robotics ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
courseLength approximately 60 miles ⓘ
eligibility fully autonomous ground vehicles ⓘ
endDate 2007-11-03 ⓘ
field artificial intelligence ⓘ
autonomous vehicles ⓘ
robotics ⓘ
firstPrize 2000000 USD ⓘ
follows DARPA Grand Challenge 2005 ⓘ
inception 2007 ⓘ
influenced development of commercial autonomous vehicles ⓘ
subsequent self-driving car research ⓘ
location United States ⓘ
Victorville, California ⓘ
notableFeature first major competition focused on urban driving for autonomous vehicles ⓘ
notableOutcome demonstrated feasibility of autonomous urban driving ⓘ
numberOfFinalists 11 ⓘ
organizer Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency ⓘ
partOf DARPA Grand Challenge series ⓘ
prizeMoney 1000000 USD ⓘ
2000000 USD ⓘ
500000 USD ⓘ
secondPlace Stanford Racing Team ⓘ
secondPlaceAffiliation Stanford University ⓘ
secondPlaceVehicle Junior ⓘ
secondPrize 1000000 USD ⓘ
sponsor Carnegie Mellon University ⓘ
linked to: CMU

General Motors ⓘ
Stanford University ⓘ
startDate 2007-11-03 ⓘ
task avoid obstacles and other vehicles ⓘ
handle intersections and traffic circles ⓘ
navigate a mock urban environment ⓘ
obey traffic laws ⓘ
perform merging and passing maneuvers ⓘ
thirdPlace Odin ⓘ
thirdPlaceAffiliation TORC Robotics ⓘ
Virginia Tech ⓘ
thirdPrize 500000 USD ⓘ
timeLimit 6 hours ⓘ
venue George Air Force Base ⓘ
winner Tartan Racing ⓘ
winnerAffiliation Carnegie Mellon University ⓘ
linked to: CMU

General Motors ⓘ
winnerVehicle Boss ⓘ

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William L. "Red" Whittaker → participatedIn → DARPA Urban Challenge ⓘ
Chris Urmson → participatedIn → DARPA Urban Challenge ⓘ
DARPA Grand Challenge winning team → relatedEvent → 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge ⓘ
linked to: DARPA Urban Challenge