Berkeley student Anthony Levandowski led a team that entered the autonomous two-wheeler in the event's rough, winding race.

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"They are completely autonomous, " said Aris Karcanias, one of the Warwick team members.

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Grasp Lab team leader, Dr Vijay Kumar, believes such autonomous, self-learning UAVs could be used to search buildings for signs of life after natural disasters, for example, or check for chemical or radiation leaks.

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With this in mind Dr Hover and Mr Englot, along with a team of colleagues, used a robot known as the Hovering Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (HAUV), which was developed at MIT and has since been commercialised by a company called Bluefin Robotics.

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Team Liberty folks might worry that in this view the individual loses his or her autonomous selfhood.

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