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National Defense March 2008 Grace V. Jean	Robots Get Smarter, But Who Will Buy Them? While the technologies to enable fully autonomous vehicles have advanced, robotics experts say there is still more to be done to make them viable in military and commercial applications in the next decade.
Popular Mechanics January 2007 Daniel H. Wilson	DARPA's Tough New Robot Road Test A robot expert explains why DARPA's previous robotic races were GPS-guided cakewalks compared to the upcoming Urban Challenge.
Wired January 2006 Joshua Davis	Say Hello to Stanley Stanford's souped-up Volkswagen blasted through the Mojave Desert, blew away the competition, and won Darpa's $2 million Grand Challenge. Buckle up, human - the driverless car of the future is gaining on you.
Popular Mechanics January 2006 Steve Russell	Stanley, Stanford University's Robot Car - DARPA Grand Winner The race: 132 miles. 23 vehicles. 0 drivers. Stanley, a VW Touareg, wins the race of the century (so far).
Wired March 2004 Douglas McGray	The Great Robot Race Unmanned aerial vehicles are for wimps. 20 driverless bots are about to get down and dirty in the Pentagon's million-dollar rumble from L.A. to Las Vegas. Start your engines.
IEEE Spectrum November 2007 John Voelcker	Autonomous Vehicles Complete DARPA Urban Challenge Six of 11 autonomous vehicles finish 90-kilometer course with no major accidents.
National Defense December 2007 Grace Jean	What's Next for Ground Robots? As the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's automated car challenge gets more successful, the agency must think ahead about what will be the goal for next years competition.
Popular Mechanics July 10, 2008 Jim McCraw	7 Robot Cars and Driverless Tech Rigs Coming Soon From VW Volkswagen is tantalizingly close to meeting DARPA's robotic car challenge and to starting volume production of the driverless car technology.
InternetNews October 10, 2005 Roy Mark	Stanford's Stanley Wins Off-Road Prize The driverless Volkswagon powers past Carnegie Mellon's entry to win $2 million first prize in the Pentagon's driverless vehicle challenge.
IEEE Spectrum November 2012 Coelingh & Solyom	All Aboard the Robotic Road Train Semi autonomous cars will play follow the leader, giving drivers a rest and saving fuel
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2005	KVH to supply fiber-optic gyros for DARPA's robotic race across the Mojave Robot designers will create driverless Hummers able to trek 175 miles across the Mojave desert in the Grand Challenge competition sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
IEEE Spectrum December 2005 Willie D. Jones	Hard Drive In the past year, the robotics community has learned a great deal about how to make cars drive themselves. Recently, computer algorithms showed that cars might just be ready to take the wheel without human chaperones.
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2005	Stanford Improves Robot Car with Coverity Software Stanford's entry, Stanley, won the $2 million prize in the robotic car race, defeating 22 other finalists in a 131-miles race with the use of Coverity's source code analysis software.
InternetNews September 16, 2005 David Needle	Tricked-Out For Hi-Tech Challenge Next month, a group of driver-less cars will compete for a $2 million prize in a contest sponsored by DARPA. The main goal is to use high tech-assisted guidance to complete the course.
Popular Mechanics March 2008 Erik Sofge	America's Robot Army: Are Unmanned Fighters Ready for Combat? The MULE (Multifunction Utility/Logistics and Equipment) is one of many robots being developed for combat.
National Defense December 2010 Grace V. Jean	Army, Marine Corps In Pursuit of Robotic Convoy Systems As part of its modernization plan, the Army is funding several ground robotics programs ranging from small, remotely controlled explosive ordnance disposal units to large autonomous tactical wheeled vehicles.
Fast Company December 2008 Tim McKeough	The Caterpillar Self-Driving Dump Truck The Caterpillar truck will soon have a mind of its own. Working with the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, the industrial titan is developing self-driven large-haul trucks for use at BHP Billiton's mine sites -- no human required.
PC Magazine October 9, 2010 Mark Hachman	Google Developing a Self-Driving Car, And It Works Google is developing - and has extensively tested - technology to build an autonomously self-driving car, Google said on Saturday.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2004	Makers of ground robots ask for better sensors and communication links Troops in Iraq are in desperate need of unmanned ground systems (UGSs) to dispose of land mines and booby traps.
BusinessWeek June 26, 2006 Michael Arndt	"Red" Whittaker: A Man And His Robots William "Red" Whittaker created the technology to let robots work far from the assembly line.
IEEE Spectrum August 2011 Lora G. Weiss	Autonomous Robots in the Fog of War Networks of autonomous robots will someday transform warfare, but significant hurdles remain.
National Defense December 2010 Stew Magnuson	Technologists Make Progress On Autonomous Ground Robots Researchers at the Georgia Tech Research Institute used eBay as inspiration when they were searching for ways to make unmanned aerial and ground robots work autonomously to search for targets.
National Defense February 2015 Stew Magnuson	DARPA Contest Seeking Humanoid Rescue Robot The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's latest robotic challenge calls for a human-shaped robot to carry out a series of search-and-rescue tasks.
National Defense May 2005 Joe Pappalardo	Soldiers Teaching Robots Battlefield Duties An Army Research Lab is working to instill robots with complex behaviors, thus making them suitable for the battlefield.
National Defense July 2015 Yasmin Tadjdeh	Polaris Vehicles Adopt Driverless Technology More companies are modifying Polaris' off-the-shelf vehicles and turning them into driverless cars, said a company executive.
The Motley Fool October 10, 2010 Anil Das	Google Tests Driverless Cars The company's blog says the project could make roads safer and free up commuting time.
National Defense August 2011 Stew Magnuson	Army, Car Makers Push Ahead With Driverless Vehicle Research When it comes to concepts for vehicles that can drive themselves on highways or city streets, the military and automakers have been working on similar paths for several years.
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2006 John McHale	Robots Are Fearless The U.S. Army's Future Combat Systems program will integrate unmanned ground vehicles into a future force. Autonomous ground vehicles promise to be a major paradigm shift in ground warfare.
InternetNews June 20, 2007 Andy Patrizio	It's Back To The Future At Intel Intel today showed off some of the projects from its research labs around the world that could be coming soon to a store, hospital or street near you.
Fast Company Daniel Terdiman	At The DARPA Challenge, May The Best Robot Win The DARPA Robotics Challenge is in the final round of the three-year competition to crown the human/robot team best able to respond to a man-made or natural disaster were under way.
IEEE Spectrum March 2006 Jean Kumagai	Halfway to Mars How a hardy band of researchers braved freezing nights, bad food, and high winds in the Chilean desert to test the next generation of planetary rovers.
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2008 John Keller	Navigation and guidance meets sensor fusion Knowing where you are and where you are going no longer involves only the Global Positioning System (GPS); systems designers are integrating a growing number of sensors and data-fusion algorithms to create fool-proof, jam-proof, real-time positioning information.
Wired May 2002 Michael Behar	The New Mobile Infantry Battle-ready robots are rolling out of the research lab and into harm's way...
Popular Mechanics September 19, 2008 Wayne Ma	TechX Contest Preps Non-Superpower Military Bots for Urban War On the heels of the United Kingdom's Grand Challenge in August, TechX teams have been taking their cue from the United States' DARPA challenges model to begin levelling the urban warfare playing field.
Popular Mechanics September 29, 2008 Erik Sofge	MIT Submarine Is Most Autonomous Robot Ocean Researcher Yet On the heels of successful bot building by land and air, the all-new Odyssey IV explores the ocean's depths on its own while fighting strong currents and gathering crucial data.
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2005 Ben Ames	Smaller Sensors Make Unmanned Vehicles Smarter Army researchers are now developing another part of FCS-an armed robotic vehicle (ARV) that uses autonomous sensors and weapons to minimize soldiers' battlefield exposure.
IEEE Spectrum March 2013 Lucas Laursen	Robot to Human: "Trust Me" Rescue robots respond to operator stress levels
Job Journal April 11, 2010 Penelope Trunk	Brazen Careerist: How to Manage a Bad Boss Sometimes the only difference is in how you manage the relationship.
IEEE Spectrum September 2010 Erico Guizzo	When My Avatar Went to Work A robot surrogate or telepresence robot took my place at the office. Here's why one may take yours, too
Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2008 J.R. Wilson	The Agency of Continuing Vision: DARPA Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is celebrating its 50th anniversary, and several reviews are being written of its contributions to various areas of military and civilian science and technology
National Defense December 2013 Stew Magnuson	Simulator to Help Developers Push Robotics Technology Forward A simulator intended to give robot makers a hand during a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency contest is expected to remain an integral part of how developers design the machines in the future.
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National Defense May 2004 Roxana Tiron	Warfare by Remote Control A long-awaited robotic security system--capable of detecting intruders, assessing their intentions, communicating their location and even stopping them in their tracks--will be evaluated next month at Hawthorne Army Depot, Nev.
Fast Company July 2003 Charles Fishman	The Sky's the Limit It's a lethal tool in war -- and a killer app for business. The Global Positioning System (GPS) is transforming everything from auto insurance to agriculture, from hauling freight to trading stocks. Is your business next?
Technology Research News December 31, 2003 Smalley & Patch	Bots, humans play together Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University are betting that putting humans and robots on the same soccer team will encourage the kind of cooperation that leads to understanding.
Popular Mechanics February 4, 2010 Erik Sofge	Robonaut2 Shows Real Workplace Potential For Humanoid Robots GM's goal in co-developing R2 is to eventually install similar systems in its plants, performing the kind of repetitive, ergonomically difficult jobs that might injure a human operator.
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2009 J.R. Wilson	The Future of Precision-Guided Munitions Smart bullets for infantry weapons, GPS receivers built into the soldier's boot, eliminating enemy snipers before they have a chance to shoot, and counter-RPG systems are the future of weaponry.
Fast Company John Paul Titlow	Self-Driving Cars Will Be The Biggest Auto Safety Innovation Ever Like so many things in life, the future of driving is automated. In fact, autonomous vehicles could reduce traffic accidents by 90%, according to a new report from McKinsey.
National Defense May 2012 Eric Beidel	Wanted: Driverless Vehicles for Army Security Patrols The Army is conducting market research into technology that would allow installations to send out unmanned vehicles on 24/7 patrols.
Job Journal April 10, 2011 Penelope Trunk	Brazen Careerist: Managing Those Who Manage You By 'managing up,' you create the most beneficial perspective for those in power to view your work and your value to the organization.