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A Decade after DARPA: Argo AI’s View on the State of the Art in Self-Driving Cars

A decade ago, the 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge unofficially kicked off today’s self-driving technology initiatives, and highlighted the need for more advanced computational power and algorithm development. Many Argo AI team members have been in the field of robotics and self-driving cars for well over a decade, and as we now work to bring this technology to the masses, we are leveraging our extensive expertise including our learnings from the DARPA Urban Challenge.

Just a few months shy of its first birthday, the Argo AI team has grown to nearly 200 employees and now has test vehicles on the road in Pittsburgh and Southeast Michigan.

To read more about Argo AI’s point of view on the development and testing that is needed for the commercial success of self-driving cars, click here

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