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DARPA Announces 2005 Grand Challenge Semifinalists

Posted by timothy on from the batmobile-lost-a-wheel-so-can't-enter dept.

Mockingbird writes "DARPA announced 40 semifinalists for the 2005 Grand Challenge autonomous robot race today. Notable remaining teams include the Carnegie Mellon University Red Team, Stanford Racing and a high school team, the Palos Verde Road Warriors. 78 teams missed the cut. The race, which will take place on Oct. 8, 2005 features a $2 million prize for the first team whose robot crosses 175 miles of the Mojave in under ten hours. The robots must be fully autonomous, with no team intervention allowed once the vehicle is launched. The first race was held in 2003, when the most successful team managed to log only 7.4 miles."

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  1. iRobot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The Roomba actually only made it 4 miles, but it cleaned up the competition...

    (groan)

  2. code for winning robot by SQLz · · Score: 4, Funny

    while(true) { follow_road(); }

    1. Re:code for winning robot by Spy+Hunter · · Score: 5, Funny
      petal_to_the_metal_grandma();

      Unfortunately the race was lost when, due to a tragic typo, the robot drove off-course to deliver flowers to a statue of an old lady.

      --
      main(c,r){for(r=32;r;) printf(++c>31?c=!r--,"\n":c<r?" ":~c&r?" `":" #");}
  3. Re:Stanford's got this in the bag. by Xerotope · · Score: 4, Funny

    Team DAD's vehicle was street legal last year. It created a pretty funny situation. They brought it to the raceway the first day and were told they had to impound the vehicle for the duration of the QED. They asked "How are we going to get back to the hotel?" DARPA rented them a car.