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TUCSON, Ariz., Oct. 5, 2006 /PRNewswire/ -- "Team Scorpion," a group of engineers led by Raytheon Missile Systems and its partners Tucson Embedded Systems, Preferred Chassis Fabrication, iRobot and the University of Arizona, has been officially qualified as an "A-track" participant in next year's DARPA Grand Challenge, a robotic vehicle competition conducted by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
The DARPA Grand Challenge is a field test competition aimed at encouraging the development of autonomous ground vehicle technology that could eventually be used to save American lives on battlefields.
Unlike past Grand Challenge events, which were held in remote desert locations, the 2007 event -- the DARPA Urban Challenge -- calls for robotic vehicles to conduct military-type missions in a mock urban area completing a 60-mile course through traffic in less than six hours. The vehicles must also navigate themselves entirely with on-board technology, using no human- or remote-control.
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Raytheon Team Qualifies for 2007 DARPA Robotic Vehicle Competition
TUCSON, Ariz., Oct. 5, 2006 /PRNewswire/ -- "Team Scorpion," a group of engineers led by Raytheon Missile Systems and its partners Tucson Embedded Systems, Preferred Chassis Fabrication, iRobot and the University of Arizona, has been officially qualified as an "A-track" participant in next year's DARPA Grand Challenge, a robotic vehicle competition conducted by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
The DARPA Grand Challenge is a field test competition aimed at encouraging the development of autonomous ground vehicle technology that could eventually be used to save American lives on battlefields.
Unlike past Grand Challenge events, which were held in remote desert locations, the 2007 event -- the DARPA Urban Challenge -- calls for robotic vehicles to conduct military-type missions in a mock urban area completing a 60-mile course through traffic in less than six hours. The vehicles must also navigate themselves entirely with on-board technology, using no human- or remote-control.
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