Pentagon Robot Challenge Goes Corporate

Decal worker Todd Martin puts on a Google sticker on a VW Passat called Junior, the Stanford University team's self-driving car entered into the DARPA Urban Challenge, at a decal shop in Redwood City, Calif., Monday, Oct. 22, 2007. While past contests evoked the Wild West, with teams working in the open desert on a shoestring budget, this year's is modern: The field is more savvy, the terrain is urban and corporate sponsors and public relations machines have entered the fray. Junior now sports the rainbow trademark of Internet search leader Google Inc., one of three new sponsors this year for Stanford. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)