The Tartan Racing Team from Carnegie Mellon University walked away with the $2 million first place price after beating out on five other teams who completed the DARPA Urban Challenge this weekend. Using a fully automated Chevy Tahoe, this driverless vehicle navigated an urban environment with the best time and least amount of errors. It is interestin to note that this challenge involved such vehicles to obey traffic laws as well as avoid obstacles while getting to their destination without any outside help whatsoever. The Stanford Racing team took second spot with $1 million while the Victor Tango team from Virginia Tech pocketed $500,000 for their third place efforts. Looks like fully autonomous vehicles are still a long way off in the future, although such strides are commendable.
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