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A Hard Problem
Tension builds as teams prepare to compete in the Pentagon's DARPA Grand
Challenge—a race of driverless vehicles on a 130-mile course with a $2
million check for the winner.
running time 6:33
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The Red Army
Carnegie Mellon's Red Team, headed by William Red Whittaker, prepares to field
two desert racing machines for the Grand Challenge.
running time 7:41
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Team Dad, TerraMax, and Ghostrider
Three other contenders with very different approaches take on what they see as
the chance of a lifetime.
running time 5:30
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Stanley
Stanford's team enters the competition late, with a focus on trying to create a
vehicle that is "an intelligent decision maker."
running time 8:02
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Making the Cut
At the California Speedway, officials from DARPA judge the final runs of the
qualifying event.
running time 8:07
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The Race is On
As dawn breaks over the Mojave Desert, a crowd looks on as robots prepare to go
where no robot has ever gone before.
running time 7:19
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Everybody Wins
The race unfolds in surprising ways, and robotics makes a huge leap forward.
running time 6:25
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