DARPA Urban Challenge

Two Million Dollars for Robotic Vehicle “Boss”

Hanover, November 2007 – In a high-tech triumph for Continental, “Boss”, a self-driving Chevrolet Tahoe, won the DARPA Urban Challenge 2007 equipped with Continental technology. With the help of a dozen sensors and the international automotive supplier’s know-how in the domain of sensor data fusion, the vehicle computer was fed optimally prepared data on its surroundings. The “Boss” development team came away with the top prize – two million dollars.

Two Million Dollars for Robotic Vehicle “Boss”

Hanover, November 2007 – In a high-tech triumph for Continental, “Boss”, a self-driving Chevrolet Tahoe, won the DARPA Urban Challenge 2007 equipped with Continental technology. With the help of a dozen sensors and the international automotive supplier’s know-how in the domain of sensor data fusion, the vehicle computer was fed optimally prepared data on its surroundings. The “Boss” development team came away with the top prize – two million dollars.

Driverless Chevy Tahoe - DARPA Urban Challenge 2007

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GM Chevrolet Tahoe Wins First Prize at DARPA Urban Challenge

2007-11-04, Victorville, Calif. - The Carnegie Mellon University Tartan Racing Team, with it's GM Chevrolet Tahoe "Boss" entry, claimed first prize today in the DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) Urban Challenge. The Urban Challenge is a competition between vehicles that drive themselves in a mock urban environment.

2007-10-26, Victorville, Calif. -- The Carnegie Mellon University Tartan Racing Team, sponsored by General Motors and other partner companies, today enters the qualifying rounds of the DARPA Urban Challenge, which features driverless vehicles that have to conquer a simulated mission in a mock urban environment.

The Urban Challenge is a unique competition created by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to help accelerate technology development in military transportation. During the qualifying rounds, “Boss,” a self-driving Chevrolet Tahoe, developed by the Carnegie Mellon team in collaboration with General Motors and the other partners, will vie with 35 teams to earn the right to compete in the final event, which will be held Nov. 3 in Victorville, Calif.

IRVINE, Calif., Oct 22. 2007 - Land Rover has joined forces with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) by donating a Land Rover LR3 that has been built to be fully autonomous so it can take part in the forthcoming 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge.

MIT's Fully Autonomous Land Rover LR3 for 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge

MIT has completely modified the Land Rover LR3, a vehicle already packed with technology, so that without human driver assistance or remote control, the vehicle is able to drive itself and perform simple tasks such as avoiding obstacles and merging into moving traffic.