Insider's View of the 2004 DARPA Grand Challenge

Abstract

The DARPA Grand Challenge was a competition between autonomous ground vehicles racing between Los Angeles and Las Vegas in March of 2004. According to DARPA, "The purpose of the challenge is to leverage American ingenuity to accelerate the development of autonomous vehicle technologies that can be applied to military requirements." This paper focuses on some of the innovations, in mobility and perception, utilized on vehicles at the competition from the perspective of DOE volunteers involved with vehicle inspection, start line qualification, vehicle following, and finish line verification.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 02, 2004
Accession Number
ADA461364

Entities

People

  • Jeff Jaczkowski
  • Philip A. Frederick
  • Robert T. Kania

Organizations

  • Tank-automotive and Armaments Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Autonomous Vehicles
  • Classification
  • Competition
  • Governments
  • Ground Vehicles
  • Information Operations
  • Military Requirements
  • Standards
  • Unmanned Vehicles
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.
  • Strategic Security Studies
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy