Archive for November 4th, 2007

CARNEGIE MELLON WINS!!

Posted by Erin, the RobotGrrl on Sunday, November 4th, 2007

The Carnegie Mellon University-based Tartan Racing team walked away with a $2 million prize for coming in first in this year’s Pentagon-sponsored robot race held at a former Air Force base in Victorville, Calif. The team’s robotic vehicle, “Boss,” turned in the top performance as it navigated itself through the Urban Challenge course at the former George Air Force Base. It and the eleven other finalist robot-vehicles had to merge into moving traffic, navigate traffic circles and avoid obstacles without human intervention. Stanford Racings “Junior” of Stanford, Calif., won the $1 million second place prize, while Victor Tangos “Odin” of Blacksburg, Va., received $500,000 for finishing third.

Woohoo! Congrats Carnegie! That’s pretty awesome. I’m actually very happy that they won, because I recently watched a show that showed all of the robots they created for Mars and such. Furthermore, KEEPON ROCKS!!! Who doesn’t love the Keepon?!

Wooohooo!

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