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Posted by Ian Osgood on October 7, 2005, 9:42 pm
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Ian
DOC wrote:
> I sure would like to be around there to have a look see.
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> You're right about the real world vs. the synthetic... but with 23 strong
> contenders, it sure looks like this time SOMEONE will make it to the
> finish line.
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> I see where the one and only Canuck team (Autonosys) failed to qualify.
> http://www.autonosys.com/
> Kind of like my home team for me eh! :-)ooo
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> I also would like to see this sort of thing happen on a regular basis.
> A little competition spurs innovation... Or whatever.
>
> BTW, what blogs are you following?
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> DOC
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> "Open the pod bay doors, HAL!"
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> > Is anybody reading the blogs and NQE results?
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> > People are very confident that there will be not only a winner this year
> but
> > more than one team crossing the finish line. Seems that so far Stanford
> (the
> > Touareg guys) have cleaner runs but Red teams (CMU - the red hummers) are
> a
> > little faster.
> >
> > What do you guys think? I think that 2 or 3 miles qualification on an
> > synthetic course is way different than the open desert... who knows?
> >
> > Personally, I'd like to see a grand challenge 2006. But it would be nice
> to
> > see a team finishing the course this year. I'm going to Vegas next Friday
> > and I'm gonna be there to watch.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Padu
> >
> >
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> People are very confident that there will be not only a winner this year