Stanley (DARPA Grand Challenge 2)

Closed weights Stanford University January 2006

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
Stanford University
Organisation type
Academia
Country
United States of America
Published
1 January 2006
Authors
S Thrun, M Montemerlo, H Dahlkamp

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
2,571

Sources

Where this record came from and when it was last checked.

Reference
Stanley: The Robot that Won the DARPA Grand Challenge
Last updated
11 February 2026

What the numbers mean

About this model

Stanley (DARPA Grand Challenge 2) was published by Stanford University, in United States of America, in January 2006. The organisation is categorised as academia.

It works in Driving, and is recorded as doing self-driving car.

Its weights were never published, so it can only be reached through its provider. No graphics card changes that.

Answers

Stanley (DARPA Grand Challenge 2) — common questions

01

How many parameters does Stanley (DARPA Grand Challenge 2) have?

No parameter count has been published for Stanley (DARPA Grand Challenge 2), which is why no memory or speed figure appears on this page.

02

Who created Stanley (DARPA Grand Challenge 2)?

Stanley (DARPA Grand Challenge 2) was published by Stanford University, based in United States of America, categorised as academia.

03

When was Stanley (DARPA Grand Challenge 2) released?

Stanley (DARPA Grand Challenge 2) was published in January 2006. Capability per parameter has improved considerably since, so a newer model of the same size is often the better use of the same hardware.

04

What is Stanley (DARPA Grand Challenge 2) used for?

Stanley (DARPA Grand Challenge 2) works in Driving, and is recorded as handling self-driving car. These are the areas it was designed around; they describe intent rather than a hard boundary.

05

What GPU do I need to run Stanley (DARPA Grand Challenge 2)?

None. Stanley (DARPA Grand Challenge 2) 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.

06

Is Stanley (DARPA Grand Challenge 2) open source?

The licensing for Stanley (DARPA Grand Challenge 2) was never recorded in our source data. We treat unstated licensing as closed, because an unrecorded licence is not one to rely on.

Source

Original publication

Record last updated 11 February 2026

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