CMU’s Tartan Racing Wins Urban Challenge

Six teams managed to finish the 55-mile course at the Darpa Urban Challenge finals on Saturday, with CMU’s Tartan Racing taking the checkered flag and a $2 million grand prize. Teams fielded by Stanford and Virginia Tech finished second ($1 million) and third ($500,000), respectively. Wired has excellent coverage of the finals and the awards ceremony.

Rounding out the finishing group were Ben Frankling Racing, MIT and Cornell. The MIT and Cornell vehicles traded paint earlier in the finals, but both were able to finish after the teams were allowed to come in and separate the two.