CNN: Robots ready to race in Grand Challenge

Winner to receive $2 million prize
Monday, September 26, 2005; Posted: 12:17 p.m. EDT (16:17 GMT)
LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Wanted by the Pentagon: A muscular, outdoorsy specimen. Must be intelligent and, above all, self-driven.
When 20 hulking robotic vehicles face off next month in a rugged race across the Nevada desert, the winning machine (if any crosses the finish line) will blend the latest technological bling and the most smarts. More...