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Grand Challenge -- Popular Mechanics

DARPA's Urban Challenge was, in some ways, a bait and switch. Carmakers touted it as the next great evolutionary leap for the autonomous automobile, but the Pentagon's research arm was investigating the prospect of self-driving vehicles that can carry supplies or wounded soldiers through the urban battlefield.

Now, the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has held its own robotics competition, the Grand Challenge, that cut to the chase with unmanned vehicles stalking human targets through the Copehill Down training village in southwestern England. The finals took place this weekend, and the MoD announced the winners yesterday.

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