Google to license Stanford's Stanley tech, enhance maps

[techpr]

Well, Google is never one to lie back and take it from the Redmond crew, so they've struck a deal with Stanford to license the sensing technology behind 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge winner Stanley to improve their maps. Stanley, as you probably remember, was a robotic Volkswagen Touareg put together by the Stanford Racing Team that zipped

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