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Q&A: Inside DARPA’s Subterranean Challenge

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Deep below the Louisville, Ky., With direct funding plus prize money that reached into the millions, DARPA encouraged international collaborations among top academic institutions as well as industry. By the time teams reached the SubT Final Event in the Louisville Mega Cavern, the focus was on autonomy rather than communications.

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DARPA SubT Finals: Meet the Teams

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This week, we're at the DARPA SubTerranean Challenge Finals in Louisville KY, where more than two dozen Systems Track and Virtual Track teams will compete for millions of dollars in prize money and being able to say "we won a DARPA challenge," which is of course priceless. This is it! Team CERBERUS. Team CSIRO Data61. Team CSIRO Data61.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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By partnering with these two industries. This is different from anything Ive ever seen in my 40 years in the automobile industry." ( Detroit Free Press ). Kwong said Toyota is concerned PHEVs might just replace gas problems with more coal emissions, since the cars will require more electricity from utilities. This is unusual.

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