With official race vehicles following closely behind, The Golem Group's vehicle, Golem I, approaches

With official race vehicles following closely behind, The Golem Group's vehicle, Golem I, approaches Highway 247, 4 miles into the the DARPA Grand Challenge in Barstow Saturday. Golem I made it to mile 5.2. None of the 15 vehicles finished the race. The race requires autonomous robotic ground vehicles to successfully navigate a course from Barstow to Primm, Nevada. The course covered about 200 miles of off–and–on road terrain. The vehicles were unmanned and not remotely driven, but relied on GPS computer technology. (Photo by Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)