Sunday 4th November 2007

Boss, a robotic Chevrolet Tahoe from Carnegie Mellon University (Pennsylvania, US), won the annual $2 million prize in the driverless race sponsored by DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) at a deserted air force base near Victorville in San Bernardino County, California. Six of the 11 starting vehicles finished the 60-mile urban-area racecourse within the allocated 6 hours. Rules included obeying all traffic regulations while negotiating with other traffic and obstacles and merging in to traffic. No car finished the first race in 2004.