DARPA Grand Challenge

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autonomous vehicle competition robotics competition

The DARPA Grand Challenge was a series of autonomous vehicle competitions in the 2000s that catalyzed major advances in self-driving car technology and robotics research.

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DARPA Urban Challenge 4
2005 DARPA Grand Challenge 1
2007 DARPA Urban Challenge 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf autonomous vehicle competition ⓘ
robotics competition ⓘ
aim to accelerate development of autonomous ground vehicles ⓘ
to advance self-driving car technology ⓘ
to stimulate robotics research ⓘ
competitionType off-road autonomous navigation ⓘ
urban autonomous driving ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
eligibility independent teams ⓘ
private companies ⓘ
teams from universities ⓘ
endTime 2007 ⓘ
field artificial intelligence ⓘ
autonomous vehicles ⓘ
robotics ⓘ
hasPart DARPA Grand Challenge self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: DARPA Grand Challenge 2004

DARPA Grand Challenge self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: DARPA Grand Challenge 2005

DARPA Grand Challenge self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: DARPA Urban Challenge 2007
impact catalyzed major advances in self-driving car technology ⓘ
demonstrated feasibility of long-range autonomous driving ⓘ
helped create talent pool for commercial autonomous vehicles ⓘ
inception 2003 ⓘ
influenced Google self-driving car project ⓘ
Google self-driving car project ⓘ
surface form: Waymo

academic robotics research ⓘ
autonomous vehicle industry ⓘ
location California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Mojave Desert ⓘ
Nevada ⓘ
notableEvent DARPA Urban Challenge held on November 3 2007 ⓘ
first competition held on March 13 2004 ⓘ
second competition held on October 8 2005 ⓘ
notableParticipant Carnegie Mellon University Red Team ⓘ
Stanford Racing Team ⓘ
Team Gray ⓘ
notablePerson Sebastian Thrun ⓘ
William L Whittaker ⓘ
notableWinner Boss ⓘ
Stanley ⓘ
organizer Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency ⓘ
prizeMoney 1000000 USD ⓘ
2000000 USD ⓘ
sponsor Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency ⓘ
surface form: DARPA Information Exploitation Office

Department of Defense ⓘ
surface form: United States Department of Defense
startTime 2004 ⓘ
succeededBy DARPA Robotics Challenge ⓘ
website https://www.darpa.mil/grandchallenge ⓘ

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Boss → competition → DARPA Grand Challenge ⓘ
this entity surface form: DARPA Urban Challenge
Carnegie Mellon University Red Team → competition → DARPA Grand Challenge ⓘ
Carnegie Mellon University Red Team → competition → DARPA Grand Challenge ⓘ
this entity surface form: DARPA Urban Challenge
Stanley → competition → DARPA Grand Challenge ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge
Tartan Racing → competition → DARPA Grand Challenge ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge
DARPA Grand Challenge → hasPart → DARPA Grand Challenge self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: DARPA Grand Challenge 2004
DARPA Grand Challenge → hasPart → DARPA Grand Challenge self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: DARPA Grand Challenge 2005
DARPA Grand Challenge → hasPart → DARPA Grand Challenge self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: DARPA Urban Challenge 2007
Google self-driving car project → inspiredBy → DARPA Grand Challenge ⓘ
this entity surface form: DARPA Urban Challenge
Sebastian Thrun → participatedIn → DARPA Grand Challenge ⓘ
Stanford Racing Team → participatedIn → DARPA Grand Challenge ⓘ
Stanford Racing Team → participatedIn → DARPA Grand Challenge ⓘ
this entity surface form: DARPA Urban Challenge
Team Gray → participatedIn → DARPA Grand Challenge ⓘ