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Posted by Curt Welch on November 15, 2006, 5:21 pm
Please log in for more thread options "Rob Last" <robATrobsbotsDOTcoDOTuk> wrote:
> WOW.
>
> They were some cool robots.
>
> I could not believe any of the vehicles completed the challenge, let
> alone that many.
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> AND next year their gonna do 63 miles in the city. (Not a real city
> surley, with real people and traffic ?)
No, not a real city. The legal issues would be unworkable. It will be a
closed course. But they are planing on putting real cars and real test
drivers on the course with the robots. Because of the potential for
accidents with their test drivers involved, they have required that all
robots be built on street legal production car platforms that have a
provable safety record to minimize the chance of harm to the humans.
> Anyone from the UK fancy financing a DARPA GC bid ?
Because of the nature of the funding, I believe the team captain must be a
US citizen. But I believe they allow non US citizens and companies to
participate on the teams without restriction.
> >A UK TV channel, BBC 2, will show
> > a Horizon programme with the title "The Great Robot Race".
> > Its about 20 robot cars racing across the Nevada desert.
> >
> > It will be on Tuesday 31st October, at 9 pm.
> >
> > --
> > Martin Sondergaard,
> > London, UK.
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> a Horizon programme with the title "The Great Robot Race".
> Its about 20 robot cars racing across the Nevada desert.
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> It will be on Tuesday 31st October, at 9 pm.
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> --
> Martin Sondergaard,
> London, UK.
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