DARPA Holds 3rd Experiment for RACER Off-Road Unmanned Vehicle Demonstration Program
Published on April 21, 2023
The United States Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) conducted an experiment in March 2023 to ‘demonstrate and assess the performance of combat-scale autonomous vehicles in off-road environments’ in California. It is the third experiment of its kind.
The event saw participation from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Carnegie Mellon University, and the University of Washington. DARPA’s Stuart Young of the Tactical Technology Office reports ‘significant improvements in our off-road speeds while simultaneously reducing any interaction with the vehicle during test runs.’ The Army Research Laboratory, in addition, was also able to participate by demonstrating the performer team’s autonomy software.