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University of Alaska-Fairbanks Puts Robot in Driver's Seat in Race for Funds.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, April, 2004
By Robert Howk, Alaska Journal of Commerce, Anchorage Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Apr. 4--Slow and steady wins the race. And the Arctic Tortoise has a good chance at victory -- next time.
That's the philosophy of Rick Ruhkick, team leader of a project at the University of Alaska's Geophysical Institute in Fairbanks where they are attempting to overcome the "DARPA Grand Challenge" offered by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
The idea behind the competition -- which now carries a $2 million grand prize -- is to build a robust, autonomous robotic vehicle for the U.S military that can drive itself over a 142-mile obstacle course in less than 10 hours.
The UAF team nearly got the Tortoise to the preliminary...
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