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More than 20 robotic vehicles took part in the gruelling 132-mile (212km) Darpa race across the rough desert and mountain terrain of the Mojave Desert in Nevada on Sunday

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The aim of the Pentagon-sponsored race was to see if a vehicle could complete the course without a human driver or remote control in less than 10 hours

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The vehicles were programmed to follow the course using global positioning satellites and inertial navigation, while radar, lasers and cameras helped onboard computers steer around obstacles

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Stanford Racing Team's Volkswagen Touareg unmanned vehicle, nicknamed Stanley, was the first vehicle to cross the finish line

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Three other racers finished the course, including a customised Hummer from Carnegie Mellon University called H1ghlander

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The Stanford Racing team go home with a cheque for $2m (�1.13m), having achieved a technological milestone