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  1. Re:Mostly paid employees and purchased parts by mmde · · Score: 2, Informative · on Inside DARPA's Robot Race

    A minor correction... Stanford actually had 60 people total on the team. There were 9 people from VW working on the vehicle. You can see a list of all of the team members at our website.

  2. Re:Sensors sensors sensors by LnxAddct · · Score: 1 · on DARPA Grand Challenge Updates

    Wow you are clueless. Just using cameras alone, computers can avoid obstacles fairly well. Throw in other sensors and range measurement equipment and they can do it extremely well, better than a 70 year old driver could aovid obstacles. That tells you something. Read Stanford's site, as of this time they've already completed the course. These cars have to avoid lots of things from bushes and cones to having to figure out how to avoid rivers and cliffs and mountains. Sure the general course is given to them, but when you drive to the local store, directions are also given to you, big deal. These cars are mapping the world in real time and using various analysis techniques, figuring out the best way to get from point a to point b at the safest maximum speed while maneuvering. These robots aren't just driving on flat roads like you imply, and they are also constantly surrounded by dirt clouds.
    Regards,
    Steve

  3. No, that's the Stanford Grand Challenge vehicle by Animats · · Score: 2, Funny · on More Info on Google's 3D Maps
    That's not the Google mapping truck. That's Stanford's entry in the DARPA Grand Challenge,, which is a Volkswagen Touareg with a bunch of SICK laser line scanners mounted on a roof rack. The scanners all face generally forward and down, which is right for automatic driving but wrong for city modelling.

    Those old Quonset huts are on Stock Farm Road near Campus Drive. The Stanford Solar Car project and the Grand Challenge team use them.

  4. Stanford Team by mmde · · Score: 1 · on DARPA Announces Grand Challenge 2005

    As the article stated, Stanford University will be submitting an entry to the 2005 Grand Challenge. The webpage for the Stanford Racing Team is here, if you are interested in finding out more!