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Although the initial race was deemed a failure, as no vehicles achieved anything close to the goal, DARPA was committed to running the challenge for as long as
Congressional authority allowed (which would have been until 2007, but the goal was reached in 2005). The first Grand Challenge is considered
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In addition to the difficulty many vehicles had with the harsh terrain, many initial designs also struggled to handle both sensing upcoming obstacles and following the GPS waypoints simultaneously. DARPA Grand
Challenge deputy program manager Tom Strat said, "some of the vehicles were able to follow
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Unfortunately, the failures during the preliminary tests were indicative of how the vehicles would perform on the actual course. Two of the fifteen vehicles had to be withdrawn before the final race began and one car flipped upside down in the starting area and had to be withdrawn. Three hours into
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Within a few hours, all of the vehicles in the challenge had suffered critical vehicle failures, had been disqualified, or had withdrawn. The farthest any of the teams got was the Red Team's 7.4 miles (11.9 km), less than 5% off the full length of the course. Their vehicle,
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the GPS waypoints very accurately; but were not able to sense obstacles ahead....Other vehicles were very good at sensing obstacles, but had difficulty following waypoints or were scared of their own shadow, hallucinating obstacles when they weren't there."
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the event that was scheduled to last ten hours, only four vehicles remained operational. The vehicles suffered from a variety of mechanical problems, including "stuck brakes, broken axles, rollovers, and malfunctioning satellite navigation equipment."
254:"The robots were put through obstacle and speed tests to make sure they would be safe. While only seven teams completed the speedway course, eight others came close enough to convince judges that they could safely compete."
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92:. Team Caltech qualified and was selected to start third in the challenge.
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Journal of Field
Robotics, Special Issue on DARPA Grand Challenge, Part 2
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Journal of Field
Robotics, Special Issue on DARPA Grand Challenge, Part 1
302:"$ 1 Million Pentagon-Sponsored Robot Race Ends As All Entries Break Down"
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Register: Final robot grunts picked for $ 1million DARPA race
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181:"From Darpa Grand Challenge 2004: DARPA's Debacle in the Desert"
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Visionary Endeavor -- Fox Valley Technical College
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Mechanics article on the DARPA Grand Challenge
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Popular Science article on the DARPA Grand Challenge
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328:The home page of the 2004 DARPA Grand Challenge
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888:Virginia Tech Grand Challenge Team Cliff
882:Virginia Tech Grand Challenge Team Rocky
377:2004 DARPA Grand Challenge Image Gallery
258:"15 teams qualify for Mojave robot race"
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558:Grand Challenge Autonomous Race Team
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627:(finalist 2004; semi-finalist 2005)
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225:"Grand Challenge 2004 Final Report"
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133:Team ENSCO's vehicle, DAVID
16:First DARPA Grand Challenge
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441:Autonomous Vehicle Systems
415:NOVA: The Great Robot Race
345:NOVA: The Great Robot Race
74:Carnegie Mellon University
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431:American Industrial Magic
473:Austin Robot Technology
339:TV & Video coverage
145:Several teams returned
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785:Team ENSCO
773:Team CIMAR
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421:Team Sites
153:References
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767:Team Case
601:Mech I.Q.
563:Gray Team
510:Blue Team
306:Space.com
119:Sandstorm
108:The event
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