May 15, 2006 | 0 comments

A New Robot Rolls, and a New Prize Is Set

The quest to build autonomous vehicles for the battlefield continues

By W. Wayt Gibbs   

 

Both the Stanford and Carnegie Mellon teams have indicated that they intend to sign up for this next great push in mobile robotics.


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