DARPA Challenge Series Dr. Anthony J. TetherFormer DirectorDefense Advanced Research Projects Agency

DARPA Grand Challenge

Barstow to Primm

Desert ClassicDGC II

Urban Challenge

DGC I

DGC III

142 miles10 hours$1M

132 miles10 hours$2M

60 miles6 hours$3.5M

March 13, 2004

October 8, 2005

November 3, 2007

Autonomous Vehicle Races

60 miles6 hoursNo driver

DARPA URBAN CHALLENGEAutonomous Vehicle Race through Traffic

Saturday, November 3, 2007

Stanford Racing Team Stanford, CA

Magic Highway, U.S.A. Topanga, CA

The Golem Group Santa Monica, CA

Team Scorpion Tucson, AZ

Autonomous Solutions Young Ward, UT

Team Oshkosh Oshkosh, WI

Intelligent Vehicle Systems Dearborn, MI

Carnegie Mellon University Team Promethean Pittsburgh, PA

Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA

Cornell University Ithaca, NY

MIT Cambridge, MA

Team Grand Challenger Houston, TX

Martian Mentors Goodrich, MI

AutoTrek Moorestown, NJ

Mojavaton Grand Junction, CO

True Vision Robotics Atascadero, CA

UD Team Grand Challenge Dayton, OH

RoboRide Homewood, AL

base17 Robotics Westfield, IN

Magnolia Ridgeland, MS

Ody-Era Carmel, IN

American Industrial Magic Traverse City, MI

Spurrier’s Hurriers Mary Esther, FL

Team Cybernet Ann Arbor, MI

Insight Racing Cary, NC

LAAE Los Altos, CA

Project Horizon Melbourne, FL

Team Juggernaut Sandy, UT

UU Westminster, MD

A Bunch of Dropouts Kingman, AZ

Highlander Racing Newark, NJ

University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT

“R” Junk Works Palmdale, CA

Axion Racing Westlake Village, CA

89 Team Applicants

Trobo Petal, MS

BYUC Provo,

UT

Team Case Cleveland, OH

Gator Nation Gainesville, FL

Team White Cougar Las Vegas, NV

TeamNOVA Chickasha, OK

CalTech Pasadena, CA

Princeton University Princeton, NJ

Indiana Robotic Navigation Greenwood, IN

Team CajunBot Lafayette, LA

OSU-ACT Columbus, OH

Team Gray Metairie, LA

Team UCF Orlando, FL

Team Jefferson Crozet, VA

Sting Racing Atlanta, GA

Team Urbanator Owens Cross Roads, AL

Oak Ridge Robotics Oak Ridge, TN

SciAutonics/Auburn Engineering

Thousand Oaks, CA

Ben Franklin Racing Team Philadelphia, PA

Team Orange Urbana, IL

I-Team Campbell, CA

Space Cowboys Pinckney, MI

Spring LightEast Lansing, MI

Berkeley-Sydney Driving Team Albany, CA

UMR Urban Challenge Team Rolla, MO

Team-LUX Woodstock, MDAvantGuardium Bethesda, MD

Palos Verdes HS Roadwarriors Palos Verdes Estates, CA

ROWSG Corvallis, OR

Cincinnati Bearcats Cincinnati, OH

Pegasus College Station,

TX

Team Helios Greenfield, WI

Austin Robot Technology

Austin, TX

UrbanRangers Indianapolis, IN

PHD Phoenix, AZ

Team CART Princeton,

WV

Juxtopia Baltimore, MD

Natalythe Engineering

Team Banzai Team Tebo

CyberRider Irvine, CA

Team 23 Racing San Diego, CA

Albertabot Austin, TX

UBC Thunderbird Robotics Seattle, WA

The Artificial Automotive Los Angeles, CA

DOTMOBILE Team Los Angeles, CA

Grand Challenge NomadZ Boulder, CO

MEXICOSan Pedro, CA

CarOLONew York, NY

Team AnnieWayPalo Alto, CA

Team BerlinHouston, TX

11 Teams Selected for Final Event

• Team AnnieWay • Ben Franklin Racing Team• CarOLO• Team Cornell • Honeywell / Intelligent Vehicle Systems• MIT

• Team Oshkosh Truck • Stanford Racing Team• CMU Tartan Racing Team• Team Univ Central Florida• Victor Tango – Virginia Tech

6:23:345:55:327:21:48Cornell

5:41:325:11:486:41:30Ben Franklin Racing

5:33:505:38:217:24:02MIT

4:36:384:09:225:46:15Victor Tango

4:29:284:04:165:36:54Stanford Racing

4:10:203:52:095:17:22Tartan RacingAdjustedE-StopWall ClockTeam

Timing Summary

Tartan Racing Team – 1st Place

Team Cornell

Stanford Racing Team – 2nd Place

Victor Tango – 3rd Place

Ben Franklin Racing Team

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The Finishers

4:10:20

4:29:28

4:36:38

5:41:32

5:33:50

6:23:34