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Volkswagen to Participate in the 2007 Darpa Urban Challenge

Volkswagen of America, Inc. has announcedchip and with the addition of the software
recently that it will participate in thisdeveloped at the Stanford Artificial
year's DARPA Urban Challenge with StanfordIntelligence Lab makes the Passat wagon truly
University on November 3, 2007. The entry ofautonomous.
VW for the said competition is its completely
autonomous 2006 diesel-powered Passat wagonDr. Carlo Rummel executive director of
which is equipped with only the best autoVolkswagen of America's Electronics Research
parts that Europe's largest automaker canLaboratory commented "After our victory at
provide. As a fact even its Volkswagen valvethe last DARPA Grand Challenge, Volkswagen is
cover gasket was specially made just for theexcited to join the 2007 DAPRA Urban
Passat  wagon.Challenge. We see an opportunity to further
advance intelligent technologies for use in
The highly mechanical Passat will compete onpassenger vehicles of the future. The
a 60-mile simulated urban course that wouldfeatures developed for the Urban Challenge
include merging with traffic, negotiatingwill ultimately make driving safer and more
with busy intersection and crossing trafficenjoyable in today's increasing dense
circles  while keeping with the traffic laws.traffic." Dr. Rummel also added, "With the
fuel efficient Passat, we have the perfect
The Passat wagon which is named Junior is avehicle for the job; just like our Touareg
tribute to Leland Stanford Jr. who is the'Stanley'  was  for the desert race in 2005."
founder of Stanford University. It is
equipped with electromechanical powerIt should be noted that for the 2005 DARPA
steering and electric throttle, gear shifterGrand Challenge Volkswagen was able to win
and parking brake. The electric system andthe two-million dollar grand prize with its
the brakes of the Passat wagon were modifieddiesel powered Touareg named Stanley. The
by Volkswagen of America's ElectronicsTouareg defeated 22 unmanned vehicles in a
Research Laboratory to turn it into adrooling, 132-mile championship race which
complete computer controlled vehicle.includes driving through rough desert roads,
Similarly the custom mountings for its arraydry lake beds and tunnels, mountain trails,
of sophisticated sensors were speciallyand using only onboard navigation and
created and built at the ERL. The brain ofsensors. Touareg was able to finish the race
the car is comprised of Intel Core 2 Duoafter 6 hours 35 minutes with very little
processors with multiple processing units pereffort.



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