9th Annual AUV Competition Results

Sean.D.Matthews writes "This weekend the 9th Annual Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) Competition was held in San Diego. This year, teams were challenged to complete three tasks including finding a docking station, dropping markers in marked bins along a pipeline, and surfacing in a recovery zone marked by an acoustic pinger. Teams from MIT, Cornell, Duke and eighteen others competed for the grand prize. After an intense final round, the University of Florida's Team SubjuGator walked away with the victory for a second year in a row. Interestingly, the UF team ran Windows XP embedded on SubjuGator's on-board computer."

Comments

I like to thank god, my family, bill...

[not already in use]

Steve Balmer will be giving his victory speech shortly.

Artistic Faults.

[Anonymous Coward]

"Interestingly, the UF team ran Windows XP embedded on SubjuGator's on-board computer.""

The BSOD's blend nicely with the water.

Uh-oh...

[vnangia]

Interestingly, the UF team ran Windows XP embedded on SubjuGator's on-board computer.

I have this sinking feeling...

Re:Uh-oh...

[EzraSj]

New meaning to the word crash? The blue sea of death? Luckily it sprung no security leaks? /got nothin.

Interesting?

[NineNine]

Interestingly, the UF team ran Windows XP embedded on SubjuGator's on-board computer."

Could somebody please tell me why this is "interesting"?

I'm kind of surprised that the article summary didn't read, "Interestingly, the UF team assembled the SubjuGator using Phillips head screws."

Re:Interesting?

[0racle]

Because most or all of the other teams didn't use XP Embedded? Because XP Embedded is not what most people first think of for applications like this? Because this is Slashdot?

I am totally suprised...

[Anonymous Coward]

that it never deep blue screened.

My high school's in it

[i.of.the.storm]

We're the only high school to compete in it. Last year we placed 5th but this year we did like no work during the school year and I wasnt here during most of the summer so I have no idea what happened. Our best ranking was 2nd. Apparently this year we're 15th. Look for Amador Valley High School on this page: http://www.auvsi.org/competitions/06standings.cfm

WindowsXP

[ajs]

Well, to be fair, I'm sure that the OS has little to do with the controls once they're done writing their own code, and I'm sure the same could be done with just about any OS at the "helm".

Makes a good fit...

[Capt James McCarthy]

Unlimited cooling source + buoyancy control = Hardware necessary to run XP

Deep blue screen of death.

[pookemon]

Release of Vista now delayed while Microsoft develops drivers for a snorkel.

Related Links!

[UFgatorSean]

http://www.auvsi.org/competitions/06competitors.cf m
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/artic le/2006/08/08/AR2006080800960.html
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20060807- 9999-1m7sub.html
http://mywebcache.com/2006/08/07/subjugator-holds- onto-top-honors-in-9th-annual-auv-competition/

XP vs. /.

[vp0ng]

i find it interesting that only one intelligent comment has been made on this whole thread so far. the post about any OS being able to run the units. i know i'll be modded down as a troll, but there's no reason to be afraid of a windows bot winning 2 years in a row. yes, linux r0xx0rz and is uber, so take solace in that. the bot didnt blue screen, it didnt crash. it won. let's have some proper commentary maybe oh, i don't know, on the the technology, like this place is supposed to be discuss, rather than windows bashing every topic that mentions it in a positive way and turning slashdot more and more into a linux fanboy club. mod me down now.