March 13 marks the 20-year anniversary of the inaugural DARPA Grand Challenge race, which catalyzed interest in self-driving tech. DARPA Director Tony Tether, Carnegie Mellon University’s Red Whittaker, Waymo’s Melanie Dumas Grimm and Pronto’s Anthony Levandowski offer reflections on that race and how it steered the course of automated-driving development.
Editor’s note: We have corrected the spelling Melanie Dumas Grimm’s name.
