print email comment close The Great Robot Race URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/darpa/ Description: Companion to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) NOVA program about the Pentagon's 2005 DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) Grand Challenge, in which driverless racing robots competed in an a 130-mile race in the Mojave Desert. Features video of the hour-long program, background about participating teams, and images showing what robots "see." Also includes a teachers guide, program transcript, a short bibliography, and links to related sites. Publisher: WGBH Educational Foundation Extra Keywords autonomous vehicles Stanford University Stanley LII Database Information: Record 22620 created by Maria Brandt on 09/18/2006 Last modification on 09/18/2006 Published: 09/21/2006   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/22620