Well "ton" is not very accurate. University teams (some of them) are legendary in how far they get on how little funds. You'd need a used motorcycle, a garage (

Well "ton" is not very accurate. University teams (some of them) are legendary in how far they get on how little funds. You'd need a used motorcycle, a garage (which will be donated), time from 4-5 AI PhD students (again donated), test space (supermarket parking on sundays or at night), actuators (bad, recycled or donated ones), time in a metal shop (let's say 2000-3000$), various parts and ... (let's say $1000), travel and ... expenses (let's say $10k), ... It doesn't have to cost much more than $20k or so. Budgets went into $x00k range for the first Darpa challenge (x < 3 or so). Who paid for it ? DARPA. Also known as the US military. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihXE1Iu5E3o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihXE1Iu5E3o