Robot Race
SciAutonics I, "RASCAL." from Thousands Oaks, Calif. starts the race Saturday, March 13, 2004, near Barstow, Calif. A $1 million race across the Mojave Desert by driverless robots ended Saturday after all 15 entries either broke down or withdrew, a race official said. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, DARPA was sponsoring the Grand Challenge to foster development of autonomous vehicles that could be used in combat.
Author: CBS News Staff
Credit: AP
