DARPA Grand Challenge 2005

October 7th, 2005

By GadgetManiac

The DARPA Grand Challenge final event for 2005 will be held tomorrow: Saturday, October 8. Twenty three driverless vehicles will compete for the $2 million prize, which will be awarded to the one that completes the entire 132 mile course in under 10 hours. One of the entries is this tricked-out Hummer from Carnegie-Mellon University’s, Red Team Racing: DARPA 2005 Carnegie-Mellon H1ghlander The H1ghlander, as the Red Team’s entry is dubbed, has a Caterpillar engine control module, TTTech controllers for the brakes & transmission, Applanix inertial, GPS and odometry data processors, and also has seven laser range scanners and seven Intel Pentium-M processors for terrain modeling and hazard avoidance … kewl! DARPA Announces Grand Challenge Finalists - DARPA, October 5, 2005