Enter 'Junior': Stanford team's next-generation robot joins DARPA Challenge

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Mike Montemerlo of the Stanford Racing Team works on a robotic 2006 Passat whose software must understand concepts that befuddle many humans such as right of way. acuteJunioracute is Stanfordacutes entry in DARPAacutes Urban Challenge on Nov. 3. Cred ...
Mike Montemerlo of the Stanford Racing Team works on a robotic 2006 Passat, whose software must understand concepts that befuddle many humans, such as right of way. 'Junior' is Stanford's entry in DARPA's Urban Challenge on Nov. 3. Credit: Stanford University

When five autonomous vehicles, including the Stanford Racing Team's winning entry "Stanley," finished the 2005 Grand Challenge in the still Nevada desert, they passed a milestone of artificial intelligence. The robots in the 2007 Urban Challenge, however, will have to handle traffic. It is a tougher test that calls for a new generation of technology. Enter "Junior," the Stanford Racing Team's new brainchild.


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