DARPA Urban Challenge

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The DARPA Urban Challenge was a 2007 autonomous vehicle competition in which self-driving cars navigated a mock urban environment to advance robotics and driverless technology.

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DARPA Urban Challenge canonical 3
2007 DARPA Urban Challenge 1

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instanceOf DARPA Grand Challenge event
autonomous vehicle competition
aim advance autonomous vehicle technology
develop self-driving cars capable of urban navigation
improve robotics for military and civilian use
competitionType autonomous driving
robotics
country United States
courseLength approximately 60 miles
eligibility fully autonomous ground vehicles
endDate 2007-11-03
field artificial intelligence
autonomous vehicles
robotics
firstPrize 2000000 USD
follows DARPA Grand Challenge 2005
inception 2007
influenced development of commercial autonomous vehicles
subsequent self-driving car research
location United States
Victorville, California
notableFeature first major competition focused on urban driving for autonomous vehicles
notableOutcome demonstrated feasibility of autonomous urban driving
numberOfFinalists 11
organizer Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
partOf DARPA Grand Challenge series
prizeMoney 1000000 USD
2000000 USD
500000 USD
secondPlace Stanford Racing Team
secondPlaceAffiliation Stanford University
secondPlaceVehicle Junior
secondPrize 1000000 USD
sponsor Carnegie Mellon University
linked to: CMU

General Motors
Stanford University
startDate 2007-11-03
task avoid obstacles and other vehicles
handle intersections and traffic circles
navigate a mock urban environment
obey traffic laws
perform merging and passing maneuvers
thirdPlace Odin
thirdPlaceAffiliation TORC Robotics
Virginia Tech
thirdPrize 500000 USD
timeLimit 6 hours
venue George Air Force Base
winner Tartan Racing
winnerAffiliation Carnegie Mellon University
linked to: CMU

General Motors
winnerVehicle Boss

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William L. "Red" Whittaker participatedIn DARPA Urban Challenge
Chris Urmson participatedIn DARPA Urban Challenge
DARPA Grand Challenge winning team relatedEvent 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge
linked to: DARPA Urban Challenge