DARPA Urban Challenge
The DARPA Urban Challenge took place this morning in Victorville, California, where 11 teams let loose their fully automated robotic vehicles on a course designed to determine which robot can autonomously handle urban driving the best.
I'm happy to report that Carnegie Mellon's Tartan Racing was one of only three contestants to cross the finish line. Virginia Tech and Stanford were the other two teams. Apparently, the course was different for each robot, so the judges are still figuring out which team really finished first.
Two other competitors, the robots from MIT and Cornell, ended up in a funny, slow-motion collision.
Go Tartan Racing!
(Update at 7:49 PM: Carnegie Mellon's Tartan Racing Team is granted the first prize, of $2 million. Stanford finished in second place with $1 million, and Virginia Tech in third with $500,000. Go Tartans!)
(Update at 8:22 PM: This news is now officially covered on the Carnegie Mellon web site.)
Comments
whoa. uncool. you can't post a link to a funny slow-mo collision without a video!
what were you thinking?!
Posted by: no | November 4, 2007 06:54 PM
nonetheless, thanks for giving me an opportunity to waste half an hour watching DARPA unmanned vehicle videos
Posted by: no | November 4, 2007 06:55 PM
did you have a bike when you were in Portland?
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/05/us/05bike.html
Posted by: portland biker | November 5, 2007 11:02 AM
sweeeeeeet!
Posted by: tay | November 13, 2007 08:57 PM