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Hummer Wins Race - Driverless

Have you ever seen a driverless Hummer? Well, you could. The next rounds for the robot race sponsored by the goverment at the California Speedway could be your chance. These robot cars have been made with state-of-the-art technology to run on their own.

After a weeklong qualifying run at the California Speedway, a driverless Hummer has won the pole position for a second race across the Mojave Desert. No human drivers or remote controls are allowed to control the robots. The Hummer named H1ghlander, built by Carnegie Mellon University, flipped during a practice run but completed all four required semifinal runs.

Last year, only half of the 15 robotic vehicles that ran the race passed the semifinals. No team claimed the $1 million inaugural prize because all the contestants broke down within a few miles of the starting gate. This year, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, which sponsers the race, doubled the prize money hoping a vehicle would finish.