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[Harry Chen Thinks Aloud] The program chronicles the DARPA Grand Challenge last fall where driverless vehicles raced across the Mojave Desert, including those created by Carnegie Mellon University’s “Red Team,” led by Red Whittaker, and “Stanley,” the winning Stanford University entry.
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