Boss (DARPA Urban Challenge)
No estimate
No hardware requirements for this model
The weights for this model have not been published, so it cannot be downloaded or run on your own hardware at any size. It is reachable only through its provider, and no graphics card changes that.
On record
Full specification
Everything on record for this model. Most of it describes how it was trained rather than how it runs — useful context for judging how much work went into it, and how it compares with models built at a different scale.
Origin
Who built this model, where, and when it was published.
- Organisation
- Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)
- Organisation type
- Academia
- Country
- United States of America
- Published
- 23 July 2008
- Authors
- Chris Urmson, Joshua Anhalt, Drew Bagnell,Christopher Baker, Robert Bittner,M. N. Clark, John Dolan, Dave Duggins,Tugrul Galatali, Chris Geyer,Michele Gittleman, Sam Harbaugh,Martial Hebert, Thomas M. Howard,Sascha Kolski, Alonzo Kelly,Maxim Likhachev, Matt McNaughton,Nick Miller, Kevin Peterson, Brian Pilnick,Raj Rajkumar, Paul Rybski, Bryan Salesky,Young-Woo Seo, Sanjiv Singh, Jarrod Snider,Anth…
What it does
The problem areas the model was built for. A model can carry several of each.
- Domain
- Driving
- Task
- Self-driving car
Size
How large the model is and how much data it was trained on. Parameters are the figure that decides whether it fits on a given graphics card.
- Training data
- tokens
How it is classified
Labels the source dataset applies when tracking notable models, and how confident it is in the entry.
- Record confidence
- Unknown
- Citations
- 1,897
Sources
Where this record came from and when it was last checked.
- Reference
- Autonomous driving in urban environments: Boss and the Urban Challenge
- Last updated
- 11 February 2026
What the numbers mean
Where it came from
Boss (DARPA Urban Challenge) was published by Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), in United States of America, in July 2008. academia is the category the publisher falls under.
It works in Driving, and is recorded as doing self-driving car.
Because the weights are not available, none of the hardware figures elsewhere on this site apply to it.
Answers
Boss (DARPA Urban Challenge) — common questions
When was Boss (DARPA Urban Challenge) released?
Boss (DARPA Urban Challenge) was published in July 2008. Capability per parameter has improved considerably since, so a newer model of the same size is often the better use of the same hardware.
What is Boss (DARPA Urban Challenge) used for?
Boss (DARPA Urban Challenge) works in Driving, and is recorded as handling self-driving car. A model can carry several of each, so these are the areas it was built for rather than a limit on what it will attempt.
What GPU do I need to run Boss (DARPA Urban Challenge)?
None. Boss (DARPA Urban Challenge) is a closed model — its weights were never published, so it cannot be downloaded or run on your own hardware at any price. It is reachable only through its provider.
Is Boss (DARPA Urban Challenge) open source?
The licensing for Boss (DARPA Urban Challenge) was never recorded in our source data. We treat unstated licensing as closed, because an unrecorded licence is not one to rely on.
How many parameters does Boss (DARPA Urban Challenge) have?
No parameter count has been published for Boss (DARPA Urban Challenge), which is why no memory or speed figure appears on this page.
Who created Boss (DARPA Urban Challenge)?
Boss (DARPA Urban Challenge) was published by Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), based in United States of America, categorised as academia.
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