- DARPA has announced that it has given the green light to a new series of field tests at Camp Roberts, California, aimed at producing autonomous off-road combat vehicles that can keep up with crewed ones while driving at speed over rough ground.
- The eventual goal is to produce autonomous vehicles that can act as part of combat teams.
- To achieve this, DARPA’s Robotic Autonomy in Complex Environments with Resiliency (RACER) program is being conducted in partnership with Carnegie Mellon University, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and the University of Washington to develop autonomous software stacks for DARPA-provided robotic systems.
DARPA tests robotic vehicles that can keep up with human drivers
