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ROADS Prize Challenge — Robotic Operation for Autonomous Delivery and Sustainment

Funds autonomous vehicle solutions for non-tactical fleet use through a national challenge.

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ROADS, short for Robotic Operation for Autonomous Delivery and Sustainment, is a joint Army and DIU prize challenge for commercially derived autonomous vehicle systems. It targets the Department of War's non-tactical fleet, which the source material places at more than 150,000 vehicles, and it asks vendors to bring autonomy into ordinary logistics, not just demonstrations.

The challenge carries a…

AIDefenseHardwareRoboticsMobility

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