Jalopnik 
Feb 26, 2008 1:45 PM
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DARPA and Carnegie Mellon have been dumping money in the Crusher UGV and rightly so. This beast of a machine is fully autonomous, meaning it needs no driver. It will navigate between two GPS waypoints and uses advanced sensors to detect the best route to get there. The video suggests that the sensors are also capable of finding the nearest run down cars to plow through and crush. Now that is what I'm talking about! A fully autonomous monster-car rally. [BotJunkie]
DARPA and Carnegie Mellon have been dumping money in the Crusher UGV and rightly so. This beast of a machine is fully autonomous, meaning it needs no driver. It will navigate between two GPS waypoints and uses advanced sensors to detect the best route to get there. The video suggests that the sensors are also capable of finding the nearest run down cars to plow through and crush. Now that is what I'm talking about! A fully autonomous monster-car rally. [
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