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Desert Robot Race to Begin in Victorville, Calif., to End in Primm, Nev.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, March, 2004
By John Galayda, Daily Press, Victorville, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Mar. 6--Twenty-five teams of scientists and engineers are busy this week gearing up for an autonomous robotic race that could win them a $1 million prize.
The "Grand Challenge," which is scheduled to begin March 13, will start at Slash X Cafe, 28040 Barstow Road, and will end at Buffalo Bill's Resort in Primm, Nevada. The team that completes the race route will win the cash prize. The race is sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency of the U.S. Department of Defense and will have a 10-hour time limit.
Project manager Col. Jose Negron said the ultimate goal of the competition is to take the technology used in the race and apply it to...
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