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DARPA Grand Challenge for Autonomous Vehicles. (Source: DARPA)

The CajunBot project at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette has its ties to the DARPA Grand Challenge. In 2001, the U.S. Congress mandated that one-third of all ground vehicles in the U.S. Armed Forces be replaced with robotic vehicles by the year 2015. The director of DARPA, Dr. Tony Tether, believed the problem could be solved by enlisting the creativity and innovation of American inventors and entrepreneurs in the effort. Americans love challenge. Americans love competition. Thus, the DARPA Grand Challenge was born.

The CajunBot vehicle used in the 2004 and 2005 Grand Challenges.
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RaginBot (aka CajunBot-II) in California at the 2007 Urban Challenge.

The CajunBot project was UL Lafayette's answer to the challenge. Two autonomous vehicles were created over the course of the three DARPA challenges, the CajunBot and the CajunBot-II.


Accomplishments

The project has been an overwhelming success for the school. Some of the notable accomplishments are:

  • Finalist in 2004 DARPA Grand Challenge (CajunBot)
  • Finalist in 2005 DAPRA Grand Challenge (CajunBot)
  • Semi-Finalist in 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge (CajunBot-II)
  • Local, national, and international news coverage such as CNN and many international newspapers and magazines.
  • Designation of "CajunBot Day" in 2004 for the state of Louisiana by Gov. Blanco.
  • Featured as one of ten teams followed in the Discovery Channel documentary "Robocars".

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