Tartan Racing’s “Boss” of Pittsburgh, Penn. turned in the top performance in the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Urban Challenge and won the $2 million cash prize as the competition’s first-place winner, DARPA announced today. Stanford Racing’s “Junior” of Stanford, Calif., won the $1 million second place prize, while Victor Tango’s “Odin” of Blacksburg, Va., received $500,000 for finishing third.
In a press briefing Dr. Tether explained that the teams each completed their missions approximately 20 minutes of each other. All performed well although he explained that he offered advice to Carnegie Mellon and Stanford during the National Qualifying event. “Carnegie Mellon was a little too aggressive in its driving. We told Stanford that they were too conservative. I don’t think we offered any advice to Victor Tango.” Virginia Tech team leader Charles Reinholtz chimed in, smiling, “We didn’t need any advice. We were just right.”
