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Gun-toting robot still in training

June 22, 2005 Robots that shoot are coming, but more testing needs to be done before they can roll onto the battlefield. Photos: Gun-toting bots TAGS: robot, iRobot Corp., vehicle, training, Iraq, adjustment, battery

Start-up warms up personal robots

October 24, 2007 Silicon Valley company started by a Google veteran plans to make its robotics software open-source.Photos: Tuning up autonomous vehicles TAGS: robotics, robot, ocean, Stanford, boat, car, vehicle, Google Inc., open source, California, start-up, Microsoft Corp.

DARPA sees inspiration as trophy of robot race

October 18, 2007 As director of the U.S. government's research and development arm, Tony Tether hopes today's races will attract tomorrow's engineers and scientists. TAGS: Tony Tether, obstacle, robot, vehicle, race, R&D, California, course

Robot race hits the tracks

September 29, 2005 Forty-three robotic vehicles take on the semifinals of the DARPA Grand Challenge. Only 20 will be invited to the finals. TAGS: robot, Netscape Navigator, vehicle, race, course, U.S.

Robots shift car tech into high gear

October 18, 2005 The wizardry behind vehicles powered with artificial intelligence is heading toward popular cars. TAGS: Stanford, robot, robotics, vehicle, race, Car Tech, car, accident, Artificial Intelligence, professor

MIT offers City Car for the masses

November 5, 2007 A project to improve urban transportation will make its debut this week in Milan.Images: MIT's stackable electric car TAGS: Milan, shopping cart, transportation, car, vehicle, project, GPS, robot, idea

Battle of the urban robots

November 5, 2007 Teams in pursuit of top prize in DARPA bot showdown set their creations loose on a 60-mile city course. TAGS: robot, Stanford, race, car, bot, vehicle, city, photograph, video

Robot aircraft to take videocam into battle

April 4, 2005 Honeywell is test-flying a Micro Air Vehicle with an uncommon power train. It's mission? Help soldiers keep their heads down. Photo: This robot flies TAGS: Honeywell International Inc., robot, helicopter, vehicle, aircraft, fan, camera, video

DARPA issues call for street-legal robot racers

May 2, 2006 Can a driverless vehicle handle a traffic circle? That's what the government wants to find out. Video: Carnegie's Crusher for combat TAGS: vehicle, robot, agency

Robocopters dodge obstacles, each other

December 23, 2004 UC Berkeley is working on a helicopter that can guide itself through cities. Will automated traffic reports be next? Photos: Copter demonstrates self-control TAGS: helicopter, tent, obstacle, laser, robot, researcher, course, vehicle

Caltech's spin on DARPA's robot race

September 25, 2007 In a race of driverless vehicles--and especially in collisions between them--size matters.Photos: 'Alice' in DARPA-land TAGS: robot, race, collision, vehicle, road, professor, car, California

Preparing for DARPA's urban road challenge

January 26, 2007 Later this year, Oshkosh Truck's TerraMax will be back in robotic racing action, attempting to master the obstacles of city streets. TAGS: truck, race, robot, vehicle, road

The pit crews behind DARPA's robot race

June 5, 2007 From MIT professors to high school dropouts, humans are the driving force as the urban challenge draws closer.Photos: Teams tune up for Urban Challenge TAGS: robot, vehicle, race, robotics, professor, challenge, car

DARPA raises stakes for urban robot race

December 8, 2006 Agency approves prize money for the top three finishers of its 2007 Urban Challenge. TAGS: robot, race, logistics, robotics, vehicle, agency, acquisition

Robot Hummer hits milepost in driverless challenge

July 13, 2005 Carnegie Mellon's artificially intelligent military-style car drives 200 miles autonomously, seeks DARPA prize. TAGS: Hummer, vehicle, robot, mile, car, GPS, leader

Excitement revving as robot race gets under way

October 8, 2005 The scene at the DARPA Grand Challenge is part tailgate party, computer science fair, car show and schmoozefest. TAGS: Tony Tether, robot, computer science, robotics, race, vehicle, course

Stanford 'Stanley' in the lead at DARPA race

October 8, 2005 At the halfway point of the military-sponsored robot car race, at least five vehicles have whizzed by autonomously. TAGS: Stanford, mile, vehicle, lead, robot, bot, car, spokesman

Driver's ed for robot racers

February 17, 2007 reporter's notebook Meet Junior, a VW Passat that Stanford is tuning up to steer itself through city streets in a robotics contest. Under the hood of Stanford's robotic race car TAGS: Stanford, robot, Artificial Intelligence, Volkswagen, vehicle, car, environment, Real-Time, notebook computer, video

Driverless robots reach milestone in DARPA race

October 8, 2005 Stanford University makes robotics history by finishing first in a driverless car race never before conquered. TAGS: Stanford, robotics, race, Volkswagen, vehicle, robot, course, radar, mile, Artificial Intelligence, spokesman, minute, car

Stanford wins $2 million in robotic car race

October 10, 2005 The team's robotic car, "Stanley," drove autonomously across 131.6 miles in the Mojave Desert in six hours and 53 minutes. Photos: Robotic racers TAGS: Tony Tether, race, robot, vehicle, Stanford, mile, minute, car
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