MIT's 'robocar' named a finalist in DARPA Urban Challenge

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MITs robocar negotiated a course without a driver to advance to the finals of the DARPA Urban Challenge. Photo Jason Dorfman CSAIL
MIT's 'robocar' negotiated a course without a driver to advance to the finals of the DARPA Urban Challenge. Photo / Jason Dorfman, CSAIL

Team MIT has made it to the finals of the DARPA Urban Challenge, a competition for cars and trucks that run without human help. The qualification was announced Thursday, Nov. 1, by DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, who is sponsoring the competition with the goal of developing vehicles that can operate on their own in battle and keep humans out of harm's way.


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