DARPA has a yearly robotic contest. What does DARPA stand for, what kind of robotic contest do they hold, and what are some of the outcomes from these contests?

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There are yearly competitions help by DARPA (Defense Advanced Research
Projects Agency) for long distance driverless vehicles. One of the benefits of this
competition is robotic troop and material transports that are in use on several
military instillations. On the civilian side of things, we now have cars that are
able to parallel park without driver assistance and systems to help avoid
collisions.

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