Five robotic vehicles have completed the 132 mile DARPA Grand Challenge desert race today. The field included 23 autonomous robotic vehicle entries trying to win the $2 million DARPA prize. Last year no vehicles finished the course, and several had spectacular failures. The vehicles leave the starting line at time intervals. The winner is the vehicle that completes the course in the fastest time. The team that finishes the route in the shortest amount of time (within a specified time limit) will receive the $2 million cash award.
Stanford University’s entry was declared the winner with the fastest time. Carnegie Mellon had two entries, Sandstorm and H1ghlander, that also completed the course. H1ghlander uses seven Intel Pentium-M’s process terrain models, plan routes, avoid hazards and direct the driving.
Times for the five teams completing the 132 mile course:
- Stanford Racing Team - 6 hours 53 minutes
- Carnegie Mellon Red Team - 7 hours 4 minutes
- Carnegie Mellon Red Team Too - 7 hours 14 minutes
- Gray Insurance Company Gray Team - 7 hours 30 minutes
- Oshkosh Truck Team Terramax - 12 hours 51 minutes
The MITRE Meteorites team has the distinction of a last place finish in the 23 team field. Their modified Ford Explorer Sport Trac was on the course for one hour and seven minutes and completed one mile.
All the team details and results are posted at the DARPA Grand Challenge 2005 web site.
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I was wondering which vehicle was controlled by Delphi code. Now I see the answer - H1ghlander
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