But his development team at Michigan-based military contractor Cybernet has great ambitions for their soccer-mom mobile.

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Cybernet's robot isn't likely to dominate the race, which will take place in a reconstructed city on a military base in Victorville, Calif.

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But even if smaller teams like Cybernet have little chance of beating the favorites, the race still holds out the potential for a different kind of purse: lucrative contracts from the military and private industry.

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