The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency organized an autonomous vehicle race across the Mojave Desert. While no vehicle finished the initial 150-mile course in 2004, the 2005 challenge saw Stanford’s “Stanley” complete the route using real-time machine learning, computer vision, and LIDAR sensors, permanently igniting the modern self-driving vehicle industry.
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