See also:

• Science: Technology: Military Science  (65)

• Urban Challenge   - Official site has contest description and results, photo galleries, and media resources. Also has archives for the 2004 and 2005 Grand Challenge events.

• NPR : Robot Vehicles Race for $2 Million Prize - Teams from across the country launched 40 robots yesterday on a 150-mile trek through the Nevada desert. The Pentagon's advanced research agency will pay $2 million to the winner. Last year, no robot finished the course. [4:43 streaming audio broadcast] (October 9, 2005)
• NPR : Competing in the Government's Robot Race - Renee Montagne talks with Michael Griffis, owner of Eigenpoint Company. Griffis helped design a robot that is competing in this year's DARPA Grand Challenge. [3:02 streaming audio broadcast] (October 3, 2005)
• CNN.com - Robots fail to complete Grand Challenge - Overview of the event. (March 14, 2004)
• This Humvee Is Car and Driver - Wired News article about the Carnegie-Mellon entrant Sandstorm was written before the 2004 event (February 18, 2004)