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Old 10-08-2005, 12:27 PM   #16
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Staford, Red Team, and Red Team Too are all at 80+ miles and look to achieve the course. The prize this year is $2million.
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Old 10-08-2005, 01:30 PM   #17
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Ensco is coming after them fella. I don't see split times listed anywhere.
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Old 10-08-2005, 02:45 PM   #18
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Old 10-08-2005, 03:54 PM   #19
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Looks like Stanford won.
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Old 10-08-2005, 04:26 PM   #20
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No. Red Team Too crossed the finish line second with a 5 minute greater elapsed time but Red Team crossed third with a time 3 minutes less than Stanford.

Wait a damn minute here. Every time I check back the elapsed times keep changing..... For the teams that have finished.
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Old 10-08-2005, 04:33 PM   #21
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The Gray Team is the next closest and has taken 6 hours to complete about half the course. It would have to do the second half in less than 2 hours. No way.
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Old 10-08-2005, 05:03 PM   #22
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I think the clocks on the web site are screwed up, they're continuing to run.
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Old 10-08-2005, 09:58 PM   #23
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Now they're saying Red Team's time is 4 minutes greater than Stanford.
I think that's mo better.
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Old 10-09-2005, 01:41 PM   #24
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Well, Stanley (Stanford) has been declared the winner followed by Red Team (4 minutes), Red Team Too (9 minutes), and Gray Team (22 minutes). A 22 minute spread is pretty close for a 10 hour race.
But Terramax is still on the course after being delayed over and hour while DARPA replaced a broken chase vehicle and some other problems. The officials decided to shut down for the night restarting this morning.

Terramax, by gosh.
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Old 10-09-2005, 02:55 PM   #25
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OK, the corrected final results;
Stanford = 6:54 hours
Red Team = 7:05 hours
Red Too = 7:14 hours
Gray Team = 7:30 hours
So the spread was 36 not 22 minutes.

Terramax is still running but disqualified for exceeding the 10 hour limit.
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Old 10-10-2005, 07:54 AM   #26
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Flat Tire

Sorry tw for not posting to your thread over in technology. Maybe Toad can combine the threads.

Anyway - I was dying to find out why the disqualified ones were disqaulified. Here's the email I got from Ensco this morning.

Primm, Nev. (October 8, 2005) After five hours of traversing almost 90 miles autonomously, averaging just under 20 mph, DEXTER’s solid performance on the Challenge course was forced to end. DARPA officials in a “chase” vehicle stopped DEXTER due to a flat tire.

Up until this point in the course, DEXTER provided loads of excitement. The tenth to start the timed course, DEXTER quickly passed five vehicles, which started earlier, then a sixth, and was quickly catching up to the three leading teams. At times, DEXTER may have been reaching certain mile markers at a speed greater than that of the three leading teams.

The chase vehicle officials reported that following DEXTER was thrilling. DEXTER knew exactly where to go, and possibly reached speeds of approximately 40 mph, making it challenging for their vehicle to keep close. After DEXTER exited the last tunnel, the chase officials believed that DEXTER started to exhibit some unusual behaviors and then suffered the flat tire. Team members are investigating to see what might of happened.

President Greg Young shared, “We are enormously proud of Team ENSCO. We may not have won the Challenge, but the rewards we have won are far greater. There is enormous value in the extensive knowledge each team member has gained in autonomous vehicle technology as well as in the importance of team work.” Team ENSCO member James Whong added, “This has truly been an adventure. I am honored to be a part of this historical event.”

DARPA officials, other teams, the press, and spectators complimented Team ENSCO on their friendliness, professionalism, openness, and upbeat attitude.
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Old 10-10-2005, 08:32 AM   #27
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Flat tire? So that's why Boeing hired those snipers.
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Old 10-11-2005, 01:18 AM   #28
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This was the statement on Boeing's internal website for employees;
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Boeing-sponsored vehicles finish 2nd, 3rd at Grand Challenge race.
Two Boeing-sponsored autonomous vehicles – Sandstorm and H1ghlander – Saturday were among only five vehicles out of 23 to finish the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Grand Challenge 132-mile race.
The two modified Humvees came in second and third, respectively.
Stanford University's Stanley came in first, winning the $2 million prize.
"We really take our hats off to Stanford," said Phil Koon, Boeing Phantom Works' lead engineer on Carnegie Mellon University's Red Team. "We would have liked to come in first, of course, but Stanley beat us by only 11 minutes.
They may have finished first, but we finished twice."
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