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Computers, start your engines ~ Stanford team apparent winners in robot car race
Stanford engineers steered the world toward a new era of driverless vehicles Saturday when their robotic Volkswagen SUV was the first to cross the finish line after a 132-mile race across the Nevada desert.
The Stanford car, nicknamed Stanley, unofficially edged out two robotic Hummers from Carnegie Mellon University. The three vehicles were competitors in a race sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. DARPA, which backed the early research behind the Internet, drummed up interest in the race by offering $2 million to the first team to complete the course in less than 10 hours.
Tom Abate, Chronicle Staff Writer
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