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Click on the links below to watch five segments from "The Great Robot Race" that
wound up on the cutting-room floor.
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Balancing Act
"Ghostrider" was the only motorcycle entrant in the Grand Challenge. Meet the
bike's young inventor, Anthony Levandowski, and find out how his ingeniously
designed creation keeps itself stable using steering alone. (running time
2 minutes 52 seconds)
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DAD's Big Day
Ride along with Bruce Hall, one of the two eclectic brothers who make up Team
DAD (short for Digital Auto Drive), on his vehicle's first significant qualifying test in front of Grand Challenge judges.
(running time 2 minutes 30 seconds)
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Desert Sandstorm
Carnegie Mellon University's Red Team knows that the only way to win a desert
race is to practice in the desert. Join the team and one of its two vehicles,
"Sandstorm," in the Mojave as it takes on the most dangerous road it's ever
driven. (running time 2 minutes 12 seconds)
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Gas Run
The Red Team's leader, Red Whittaker, has dramatically called DARPA's Grand
Challenge "the violent and wretched time of birthing a new machine." But the
Challenge includes much more mundane aspects as well, as this clip of the Red
Team's converted H1 Hummer called "H1ghlander" shows. (running time 1 minute 38 seconds)
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Trials & Tribulations
Behind every triumph in the Grand Challenge are a slew of travails. In this
clip, see an amusing montage of the latter. (running time 55 seconds)
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