Finals DARPA Grand Challenge (2007)

stanford racing , victor tango @ intersection in darpa urban challenge finals.

starting area: 34°35′05″n 117°22′08″w / 34.5846°n 117.369°w / 34.5846; -117.369

the final event darpa urban challenge took place on november 3, 2007, , included 11 teams made past semi-final national qualification event. event broadcast on live webcast via darpa urban challenge website, narrated marty reid (racing sportscaster) , grant imahara (of mythbusters acclaim), sideline reporting jamie hyneman (also of mythbusters).

the final event consisted of 3 missions, approximately 55 miles (89 km) in total, given each team. team s score each mission computed taking total time taken complete mission, , adding , subtracting penalties , bonuses. penalties assessed excessive delay, violating traffic rules, exhibiting dangerous behavior, etc. vehicles manually paused safety reasons; if vehicle not root cause of such pause duration of pause not counted in final score. in order officially complete race, vehicle s adjusted time 3 missions must under 6 hours.

six autonomous vehicle teams finished event; carnegie mellon, stanford, virginia tech, ben franklin racing, mit, , cornell.

on november 4, cmu s boss named winner, followed stanford s junior, virginia tech s odin, , mit s talos. final adjusted scores 6 vehicles not announced.