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August 14, 2006
Stanley has been moved to an exhibit at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington, DC until September 4, 2006. Stanley is part of an exhibit showcasing the future of automated highways and smart cars.

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May 1, 2006
The Stanford Racing Team, fresh of their victory at the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge, has announced it will compete in the 2007 urban version of the race. Since the previous race, the team has been working on an autonomous car capable of freeway driving from San Francisco to Los Angeles.

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October 9 , 2005
Today Stanley and the Stanford Racing Team were awarded 2 million dollars for being the first team to complete the 132 mile DARPA Grand Challenge course. Stanley finished in just under 6 hours 54 minutes and averaged over 19 miles per hours on the course.

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October 3 , 2005
The Perfect Robot: Dubbed "brilliant" by CNN, Stanley emerged as the only collision-free robot at the National Qualifying Event. After Stanley's fourth qualification run, DARPA selected Stanley and nine other robots as finalist. The team is ecstatic about Stanley's performance and looks forward to Race Day on October 8.

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October 1 , 2005
Stanley aced his second qualification run. He was the only robot that successfully avoided all obstacles and passed all gates on both runs.

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September 29, 2005
Stanley aced his first qualification run. He was the only robot that
successfully avoided all obstacles and passed all gates on the 2.2 mile course. CNN described Stanley's run as "brilliant".

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September 22, 2005
The Stanford Racing Team is happy to announce that Red Bull is a new primary supporter. The Stanford Racing Team unveils Stanley's new look and provides updated press materials and photos for download (Download new Stanley Press Kit)

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June 6th, 2005
The Stanford Racing Team has been named a Grand Challenge Semifinalist and invited to attend the National Qualification Event in September

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May 18th, 2005
A short but informative video of Stanley and the Stanford Racing Team is available thanks to the Stanford Report.

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May 18th, 2005
The Stanford Racing Team officially unveils photographs and technical specifications on Stanley. Download the Stanley Press Kit

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May 10th, 2005
The DARPA site visit occurred today and proceeded smoothly.  We hope Stanley will be a part of the field of 40 vehicles selected by DARPA on June 1.

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April 4th, 2005
The Stanford Racing Team has been selected as one of the 118 out of 195 teams for a DARPA site visit! For the complete list of teams, please see: http://www.darpa.mil/grandchallenge/TeamInfo.html

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March 8, 2005
The Stanford Racing Team has completed its registration for the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge. We are now awaiting DRPA's selection of teams that will receive a site visit.

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February 1st, 2005
The Stanford Racing Team is happy to announce that it has teamed up with Volkswagen of America and Mohr, Davidow Ventures, and Android as primary supporters.

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December 1, 2004
A first test in the Mojave Desert along the original 2004 DARPA Grand Challenge Course led to a number of positive results, and a catalogue of open technical issues that will be tackled in the months to come.