Renee Montagne talks with Michael Griffis, owner of Eigenpoint Company. Griffis helped design a robot that is competing in this year's DARPA Grand Challenge. [3:02 streaming audio broadcast]
Teams from across the country launched 40 robots yesterday on a 150-mile trek through the Nevada desert. The Pentagon's advanced research agency will pay $2 million to the winner. Last year, no robot finished the course. [4:43 streaming audio broadcast]
Official site has contest description and results, photo galleries, and media resources. Also has archives for the 2004 and 2005 Grand Challenge events.