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DARPA Grand Challenge Finalists Announced

Posted by Zonk on from the we-who-may-be-about-to-die-salute-you dept.

Xerotope writes "DARPA announced today the 23 finalists[pdf warning] of the DARPA Grand Challenge at the closing ceremonies of the National Qualifying Event. Carnegie Mellon University's Red Team will start on Saturday with the first and third positions, with 'H1ghlander' taking the pole position and 'Sandstorm' following 10 minutes later. Stanford's 'Stanley' will start second. Of the 43 semi-finalists, 23 robots managed to finish the 2.2 mile course at least once. 5 robots (Stanford, Red Team, Red Team Too, Axion Racing, and Team Teramax) completed all of their runs. CMU's 'H1ghlander' and 'Sandstorm' finished the four runs with an average time of 10 minutes, 20 seconds each. Stanford's Stanley average time was 10:43."

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  1. Flash by mysqlrocks · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Why do people like to use Flash (on http://www.grandchallenge.org/) to communicate textual information? I find that highly annoying and difficult to use.

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    1. Re:Flash by smooth+wombat · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Didn't you know? Flash is it! You can't have a web page nowadays without having Flash.

      Want to show a table? Put it in Flash! Want to show a single image? Put it in Flash! Want to hear the sound of humping wombats? Put it in Flash!

      The days of providing a useful website where one can find the information they are looking for are over. Now, to be really l337, you have to make sure your site uses every available bell and whistle to insure the maximum bandwidth usage possible so that when people on dial-up whine about a site taking forever to load you can respond with the proverbial, "Get broadband you luser! Everybody else has it!"

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      We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security. -- Dwight D. Eisenhower
  2. The summary is not enough... by op12 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    How about providing a link to more information?

    Seriously, isn't that a bit overboard?