Comments on: NOVA and the Great Robot Race http://nxtbot.com/blog/2006/03/31/nova-and-the-great-robot-race/ Covering the world of consumer and personal robotics Mon, 26 Apr 2010 17:37:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: nxtbot.com blog » Blog Archive » DARPA 2007 Urban Challenge Announced http://nxtbot.com/blog/2006/03/31/nova-and-the-great-robot-race/comment-page-1/#comment-11521 nxtbot.com blog » Blog Archive » DARPA 2007 Urban Challenge Announced Thu, 28 Dec 2006 18:35:08 +0000 http://nxtbot.com/blog/?p=66#comment-11521 [...] We’ve already posted a bit about the impressive results from the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge, which tasked a bevy of robotic vehicles with autonomously navigating a 131.2 mile road course. Three vehicles managed to make it across the finish line in the time allotted for the competition, proving that full-size robotic vehicles are a tangible possibility in the near (5-10 year) future. [...] [...] We’ve already posted a bit about the impressive results from the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge, which tasked a bevy of robotic vehicles with autonomously navigating a 131.2 mile road course. Three vehicles managed to make it across the finish line in the time allotted for the competition, proving that full-size robotic vehicles are a tangible possibility in the near (5-10 year) future. [...]

]]> By: Driveline Blog » Blog Archive » Lotus Elise Joins DARPA Urban Challenge http://nxtbot.com/blog/2006/03/31/nova-and-the-great-robot-race/comment-page-1/#comment-7387 Driveline Blog » Blog Archive » Lotus Elise Joins DARPA Urban Challenge Wed, 22 Nov 2006 00:07:20 +0000 http://nxtbot.com/blog/?p=66#comment-7387 [...] Sponsored by the US Department of Defense via the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge event featured a number of robotic vehicles autonomously navigating a 131.2 mile road course. A modified Volkswagen Touareg (affectionately dubbed “Stanley“) won the 2005 competition, followed by a few other similarly rugged and imposing vehicles. DARPA’s goal with the Grand Challenge was to kickstart the development of autonomous robotic vehicles for potential future military applications, a goal which it readily accomplished. [...] [...] Sponsored by the US Department of Defense via the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge event featured a number of robotic vehicles autonomously navigating a 131.2 mile road course. A modified Volkswagen Touareg (affectionately dubbed “Stanley“) won the 2005 competition, followed by a few other similarly rugged and imposing vehicles. DARPA’s goal with the Grand Challenge was to kickstart the development of autonomous robotic vehicles for potential future military applications, a goal which it readily accomplished. [...]

]]> By: Brian McCarty http://nxtbot.com/blog/2006/03/31/nova-and-the-great-robot-race/comment-page-1/#comment-755 Brian McCarty Fri, 31 Mar 2006 20:53:54 +0000 http://nxtbot.com/blog/?p=66#comment-755 The 5 teams that finished were Stanford, Red Team, Red Team Too, Grey Team, and Team TerraMax (which finished, but not in 10 hours). Brian The 5 teams that finished were Stanford, Red Team, Red Team Too, Grey Team, and Team TerraMax (which finished, but not in 10 hours).

Brian

]]> By: Administrator http://nxtbot.com/blog/2006/03/31/nova-and-the-great-robot-race/comment-page-1/#comment-754 Administrator Fri, 31 Mar 2006 19:24:26 +0000 http://nxtbot.com/blog/?p=66#comment-754 Thanks for the correction, Gnome. I believe three vehicles crossed the finish line on October 8th, then the last two did so on the 9th. I'll edit the original post. Thanks - - Jeff Thanks for the correction, Gnome. I believe three vehicles crossed the finish line on October 8th, then the last two did so on the 9th.

I’ll edit the original post.

Thanks -

- Jeff

]]> By: Gnome http://nxtbot.com/blog/2006/03/31/nova-and-the-great-robot-race/comment-page-1/#comment-753 Gnome Fri, 31 Mar 2006 16:31:58 +0000 http://nxtbot.com/blog/?p=66#comment-753 I think it was actually 5 vehicles that finished the race. Standford came in first, the next 2 vehicles to come in where by the same team, the "Red Team". The final 2 to come in were by 2 smaller teams, one group from New Orleans and the other a group of 2 gentleman known as the "DAD" team. Anyway it was a great NOVA, very neat to see the technologies used. I liked Standford's approach the best for 'coolness factor' and was very happy to see them win. I think it was actually 5 vehicles that finished the race. Standford came in first, the next 2 vehicles to come in where by the same team, the “Red Team”. The final 2 to come in were by 2 smaller teams, one group from New Orleans and the other a group of 2 gentleman known as the “DAD” team. Anyway it was a great NOVA, very neat to see the technologies used. I liked Standford’s approach the best for ‘coolness factor’ and was very happy to see them win.

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