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NewsForge: Linux Powering UCF/DARPA Grand Challenge Vehicle

By Rob Reilly

“While enterprise and desktop discussions grab headlines, Linux
is quietly infiltrating into much more mundane applications–such
as running the on-board computers of the University of Central
Florida’s entry for the DARPA Grand Challenge autonomous, unmanned
vehicle competition. Prof. Kien Hua of the College of Engineering
and Computer Science heads up the UCF program as team leader…

“Make no mistake, coaxing an unmanned vehicle to navigate
autonomously over a rugged, obstacle strewn 160-mile course is no
walk (or drive) in the park. With a challenge like this, readers
would expect Linux to be right there in the middle of the
action.

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