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DARPA. (2006, July 1). DARPA Challenge Challenge FAQ. Retrieved October 5, 2009, from
www.darpa.mil/grandchallenge/docs/Urban_Challenge_General_FAQ.pdf
This FAQ answers 2 of the main questions everyone wants to know. First is asking who DARPA and second is what the DARPA Grand Challenge is. These two answers provide lots of information about DARPA in general as well as the Challenge. DARPA is also part of the Dept. of Defense, providing valid information.

DARPA. (n.d.). DARPA Urban Challenge. Retrieved October 5, 2009, from
http://www.darpa.mil/grandchallenge/index.asp
The host of the Urban Challenge was DARPA. Their site had a great FAQ section and a general information section that cleared up many research questions I might have asked. The overview of the challenge gave a good description on other various types of robots and their history. DARPA is also part of the Dept. of Defense, providing valid information.

Earnest, L. (2005, August 1). Les Earnest Stanford Cart. Retrieved October 5, 2009, from
http://www.stanford.edu/~learnest/cart.htm
For more information on the first autonomous car, the Stanford Cart, I referred to this web page. Earnest wrote a very detailed history about the Stanford Cart project and how it evolved into a NASA project used for the moon expeditions. Coming from Stanford.edu itself gave it reliable information.

Encyclopedia. (n.d.). FARS Encyclopedia. Retrieved September 25, 2009, from
http://www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov/Main/index.aspx
With this site I was able to find out precisely how many fatalities there were in the US for any given year. Car accidents, truck accidents and much more. The detail of the statistics provides a great way to see the changes in transportation and safety in the US. Information is provided to everyone and the site is sponsored by the govt.

Jeong, C. (2001). Testing neural network crash avoidance systems in mobile robot (Summary). AAT, 1, 1-134.
This summary of a dissertation provides evidence for the new technologies of crash avoidance. The author explains the different techniques of avoiding a crash as well as how the robot actually does that. The dissertation was written for Case Western Reserve University.

Schmidhuber, J., & 2007), 2. (. (n.d.). ROBOT CARS - autonomous vehicles - history of self-driving cars - best robot car. Retrieved October 5, 2009, from
http://www.idsia.ch/~juergen/robotcars.html
Schmidhuber wrote an excellent time line of all of the old and new robot/autonomous cars. The small bits of information gave me a great starting point to write a good background and history of the robot car. Each detail provided enough information to make further conclusions about each one of the cars. Schmidhuber is a reputable professor in the field of engineering and science and the information provided is an excellent source of knowledge.

Schmidhuber, J. (2004, September 1). STATISTICAL ROBOTICS - Probabilistic Robotics. Retrieved October 5, 2009, from
http://www.idsia.ch/~juergen/statisticalrobotics.html
With a great website about robotics and engineering, Jürgen Schmidhuber gave me great information to use for my research and taught me a lot about different technologies as well. Statistical robotics was a type of technology that uses statistics to tell the robot where to go and do various actions. Written many articles on science and engineering, Schmidhuber provides up to date information on technology of yesterday and today.

Templeton, B. (n.d.). Roadblocks to robocars. Retrieved October 6, 2009, from
http://www.templetons.com/brad/robocars/roadblocks.html
The last page I used on Templeton’s website was the "roadblocks" page. He lists out many of the hurdles that we have to overcome to get robot cars up and running. Things like fear and bugs play a large role in our acceptance in robot cars as he states in his descriptions. He "was the founder and publisher of ClariNet Communications Corp., the world's first ever ".com" company and which was also the net's first and for a long time largest electronic newspaper."

Templeton, B. (n.d.). The Implications of Robot Cars and Taxis. Retrieved October 5, 2009, from
http://www.templetons.com/brad/robocars/robot-cars.html
This author created web page provided the numerous ways the US could implement the use of robotic cars. It also described the DARPA Challenge providing more references of the use of autonomous cars.

Templeton, B. (n.d.). Roadmap to Robocars. Retrieved October 5, 2009, from
http://www.templetons.com/brad/robocars/roadmap.html
The next page in Templeton's website provides a "road map" to the Robot car. He talks about the little steps the US would have to take to make robot cars a reality. He lists and describes various technologies, from what we have today and on to the future.

USDOT. (n.d.). Licensed Drivers and Vehicle Registrations Infoplease.com. Retrieved September 25, 2009, from
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0908125.html
This website provided me with the information about how many cars are on the road. The large table lists numbers and dates from 1960 - 2004. It provided accurate information given by the US Dept. of Transportation.

Wallmark, L. (2009, March 1). Meet Critty-Bo: Your Personal Chauffeur. Appleseeds, 11, 18 - 21.
This article provides the idea of a personal chauffeur. Critty-bo a robot car in the DARPA challenge is described as the robot car that is what the future will be like, self driving and ready to take you anywhere you want. The article gave me the real thought of Americans when someone says robot car and also provided the technological aspect of the cars too. All of the information is found in the magazine and was written by professionals.

Weir, L. (2005, May 25). The Future is in the Past; Cal researchers say robot cars, that sci-fi vision of the 1950s, are finally ready for prime time. Right, but are we ready for them? East Bay Express, 27, pp. 1.
The new ideas of robot cars are ready for prime time, according to this article written by Laila Weir. The different points she provides give good points in how ready robot cars really are.

Moore, J. (Producer). (2008). FutureCar [Documentary]. United States: Discovery.
Dr. Michio Kaku's FutureCar video gave an insight on a very intelligent physicist's idea of the future car. Since the show is from the Science Channel I can be sure the information is accurate and meaningful

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