Mechanic Spencer Spiker works under the hood of Carnegie Mellon University's 'Sandstorm,' a converted Humvee, Saturday, March 13, 2004, near Barstow, Calif. 'Sandstorm,' took off at a fast clip, only to break down about 45 minutes into the race, in an unprecedented race for $1 million in government-funded prize money that 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. Defense officials foresee using the driverless, remote control-free robots to ferry supplies in war zones.
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