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Niekerk, Joe; Jensen, Eric; Alessandrini, Philippe; Bradski, Gary; Davies, Bob; Ettinger, Scott; Kaehler, Adrian; Nefian, Ara; Mahoney, Pamela (2007). "Stanley: The Robot That Won the DARPA Grand Challenge".
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