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Old May 24th 05, 01:06 AM
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Default Stanford readies entry for 2005 DARPA challenge race

See
http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2005/may18/darpasr-051805.html
or http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/05/050522202034.htm:


Standford has a VW Touareg for their 2005 entry, and are very
confident.

And yes, it does have test time before the race (so did the front
runners of last year's event)

Be interesting to see how the various teams do...I'd like to hear more
about how the CMU team is leveraging last year's experience, but the
Stanford team will certainly be one to keep an eye on.

quote
In a field that includes military vehicles and bizarre Frankentrucks,
Stanford's robotic entry, nicknamed Stanley, is a sophisticated family
car that wouldn't look out of place at a Palo Alto shopping mall. It's
a gray Volkswagen Touareg, a state-of-the-art sport utility vehicle
modified with oversized wheels, a reinforced bumper and a protective
metal plate under the car.

The fuel-efficient turbodiesel engine allows the vehicle to complete a
10-hour race and power all its electronics on a single tank of gas. And
unlike many competitors, Stanley is fully street legal.

"That was an important design constraint to facilitate the testing of
the robot," said vehicle lead Cedric Dupont of Volkswagen. To do trial
runs, team members pile into the car, drive to Barstow, Calif. (an
off-roading mecca outside Los Angeles), and set Stanley loose.
/quote


and

"The only information DARPA has released about this year's course is
that it will start in Southern California. For Stanley's maiden voyage
in December, the vehicle drove the first 8.5 miles of the 2004 course.
At one point the robot slowly navigated a tricky curve, bumping down a
rocky dirt road with a sharp drop-off to one side, while team members
watched from a distance. Although the team didn't put the Touareg
through the entire 2004 racecourse, this early display of autonomous
ability showed Stanley to be a contender."

and

"On May 10, the team met DARPA officials in Barstow for a site visit,
during which Stanley successfully navigated a trash-can-littered
course.

This qualifying round will narrow the field to 40 teams. Another
qualifier in September will further winnow the contestants to 20
finalists. DARPA officials are not allowed to comment on the visits
until June 1, but Stanford team members returning last week were
overjoyed. The robot's performance, they said, was "flawless.""

/dps

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Old May 25th 05, 03:12 AM
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snidely wrote:
See
http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2005/may18/darpasr-051805.html
or http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/05/050522202034.htm:


Standford has a VW Touareg for their 2005 entry, and are very
confident.


Oops -- s/b "Stanford"


Also, the post for "Oshkosh
Trucks, the developer of the TerraMax entry" was in sci.space.tech:
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/sci.space.tech/msg/911957a4e494db45

/dps

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Old May 30th 05, 06:38 PM
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On Mon, 23 May 2005 19:06:04 -0500, "snidely"
wrote:

See
http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2005/may18/darpasr-051805.html
or http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/05/050522202034.htm:


Standford has a VW Touareg for their 2005 entry, and are very
confident.

And yes, it does have test time before the race (so did the front
runners of last year's event)

Be interesting to see how the various teams do...I'd like to hear more
about how the CMU team is leveraging last year's experience, but the
Stanford team will certainly be one to keep an eye on.


CMU is entering 2 vehicles this time around, Sandstorm and H1ghlander

http://www.redteamracing.org

I expect the competition will be much fiercer than last year and I
wouldn't be all that surprised if more than 1 team completes the
course.

130 more days.

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Old May 31st 05, 08:07 PM
snidely
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L Sternn wrote:
[...]
CMU is entering 2 vehicles this time around, Sandstorm and H1ghlander

http://www.redteamracing.org


Thanks!

I expect the competition will be much fiercer than last year and I
wouldn't be all that surprised if more than 1 team completes the
course.

130 more days.


And just a few all-nighters, I bet!

/dps

 




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