Robot Race Winners no Longer Cashing in

Summary: After Stanford University has won last year's race robot Pentagon by the mojave desert, engineers and students have raised a $ 2 million oversized and sparkling champagne poured over their Volkswagen non-driven SUV. The winners of next year will not be as rich. The research arm of the Pentagon, which has twice hosted the competition edge since 2004, blaming a section in an obscure law spending for the Defense signed by President Bush this week. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency said it believes that the law prevents the agency to award the $ 2.7 million prize money. So in place, DARPA distribuerera shiny trophies to the three teams whose main intelligent vehicles can weave through the congested city traffic without human assistance.