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The favorites in a big field of robots

31 Dec 1969 : Because they're working on especially promising technology or did well in the two previous Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Desert ...

Raytheon's robot car to get 'Urban' test

31 Dec 1969 : "It's going to be a challenge," said Russell Mikesell, the leader of "Team Scorpion" that includes engineers, mechanics and scientists from...

Urban Challenge Team includes UA Engineering faculty

31 Dec 1969 : University of Arizona engineers are part of a team selected by a Department of Defense agency to build a smart vehicle that can drive itse...

The Little Car That Could Win Big, and Help Save Lives

31 Dec 1969 : Imagine this scenario: A fallen soldier stranded in enemy terrain. She has successfully radioed her position, but it’s too risky to send add...

Unmanned UA car will negotiate traffic

31 Dec 1969 : You may have heard about the motor-home owner who supposedly set the cruise control, then retired to the galley to make a sandwich.
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Scorpion Wins "Best Engineering" and "Best of Class"

31 Dec 1969 : Over the weekend of October 21st and 22nd Preferred Chassis Fabrication displayed at the "Tire Pros Trucking Nationals" at Firebird Internat...

Robot car drives itself through city traffic safely

31 Dec 1969 : It's like a scene from the future: a robotic car that drives itself. That future may be closer than you think. Four local companies teamed u...

Raytheon Team Qualifies for 2007 DARPA Robotic Vehicle Competition

31 Dec 1969 : TUCSON, Ariz., Oct. 5, 2006 /PRNewswire/ -- "Team Scorpion," a group of engineers led by Raytheon Missile Systems and its partners Tucson E...

Robot car will drive itself through 60 miles of traffic

31 Dec 1969 : The U.S. military wants to build vehicles that can drive themselves through traffic, so it has issued 10 grants, each for $1 million, to des...

UA Engineers Building Smart Vehicle

31 Dec 1969 : UA Engineers Building Smart Vehicle with Urban Challenge Team. University of Arizona engineers are part of a team selected by a Department o...

Team Scorpion selected by DARPA for Track A

31 Dec 1969 : DARPA Announces Track A Participants for 2007 Urban Challenge. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Oct 2, 2006 announced t...

RMS To Lead DARPA Grand Urban Challenge Team

31 Dec 1969 : Raytheon Missile Systems Engineering Report: On May 1, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced plans to hold its Gra...

DARPA Propsal Finished

31 Dec 1969 : Propsal to DARPA has been submitted for the DARPA Tract A.

Team Scorpion Organized

31 Dec 1969 : The team has met and agreements have been signed. The team consists of Preferred Chassis Fabrication, Tucson Embedded Systems, iRobot, The U...

DARPA Annouces New Challenge

31 Dec 1969 : The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) today announced plans to hold its third Grand Challenge competition on November 3, 20...