2004 Grand Challenge
The first competition of the DARPA Grand Challenge was held on March 13, 2004 in the Mojave Desert region of the United States, along a 150-mile (240 km) route that follows along the path of Interstate 15 from just before Barstow, California to just past the California–Nevada border in Primm. None of the robot vehicles finished the route. Carnegie Mellon University's Red Team and car Sandstorm (a converted Humvee) traveled the farthest distance, completing 11.78 km (7.32 mi) of the course. But the vehicle got hung up on a rock, after making a switchback turn. No winner was declared, and the cash prize was not given. Therefore the second DARPA Grand Challenge event was scheduled for 2005.
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