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The “Cybervan” is a potential solution to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001’s mandate, offering reliable, cost-effective, life-saving technology that is modular and scalable to any ground vehicle platform. Leveraging Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) technology, Cybernet’s solution provides a low-cost, effective technology that can be rapidly and directly inserted into the Army's existing fleet of medium tactical trucks currently used in convoy operations.

The 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge was the third in a series of competitions DARPA has held to foster the development of autonomous robotic ground vehicle technology that can execute simulated military supply missions. The 2007 competition was held in a mock urban area.
Team Cybernet awaits the next stage during the Urban Challenge in Victorville, California. The Urban Challenge is intended to accelerate the development of autonomous vehicles that will someday perform hazardous tasks on the battlefield with limited human involvement. Teams’ robots must perform like cars with drivers and safely conduct simulated battlefield supply missions on a 60-mile urban area course.
 Team Cybernet during the 2007 Urban Challenge in Victorville, California. The Urban Challenge is intended to accelerate the development of autonomous vehicles that will someday perform hazardous tasks on the battlefield with limited human involvement. Teams’ robots must perform like cars with drivers and safely conduct simulated battlefield supply missions on a 60-mile urban area course.
 Team Cybernet, during the 2007 Urban Challenge, converted an 11-year-old minivan into an autonomous ground vehicle with technology capable of removing troops from increasingly dangerous situations. Shown here, the minivan awaits a trial run on a dirt track in Victorville, California.
 Cybernet President Chuck Jacobus (center) talks about the development process and robotic control systems in the Cybervan at the 2007 Urban Challenge in Victorville, California. The Urban Challenge is intended to accelerate the development of autonomous vehicles that will someday perform hazardous tasks on the battlefield with limited human involvement. Teams’ robots must perform like cars with drivers and safely conduct simulated battlefield supply missions on a 60-mile urban area course.
 An inside look at what it takes to replace a human driver in the 11-year-old minivan that Team Cybernet converted into an autonomous ground vehicle for the 2007 Urban Challenge, which is intended to accelerate the development of autonomous vehicles that will someday perform hazardous tasks on the battlefield with limited human involvement.
An inside look at what it takes to replace a human driver in the 11-year-old minivan that Cybernet converted into an autonomous ground vehicle — with technology capable of removing troops from increasingly dangerous situations — for the 2007 Urban Challenge.
 In Victorville, California, Team Cybernet, during the 2007 Urban Challenge, converted an 11-year-old minivan into an autonomous ground vehicle with technology capable of removing troops from increasingly dangerous situations. The Urban Challenge is intended to accelerate the development of autonomous vehicles that will someday perform hazardous tasks on the battlefield with limited human involvement. Teams’ robots must perform like cars with drivers and safely conduct simulated battlefield supply missions on a 60-mile urban area course.
 The Cybervan as it autonomously navigates the test track during the 2007 Urban Challenge where it must perform like a car with a driver and safely conduct simulated battlefield supply missions on a 60-mile urban area course.
 Controls and a laptop replaced the bench seat in the 11-year-old minivan that was converted into an autonomous ground vehicle with technology capable of removing troops from increasingly dangerous situations. The Urban Challenge is intended to accelerate the development of autonomous vehicles that will someday perform hazardous tasks on the battlefield with limited human involvement. Teams’ robots must perform like cars with drivers and safely conduct simulated battlefield supply missions on a 60-mile urban area course.
 The Cybervan on site for the 2007 Urban Challenge.

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