I saw a feature article on that last week on the Discovery Channel Daily 
Planet, a good Canadian television science magazine programme. These machines 
are a long way from prime time though.

Very interesting , I think tat they could use a good blind navigator to assist 
them with way finding.

Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada
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Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat.


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Dan Rossi 
  To: [email protected] 
  Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 5:02 PM
  Subject: [BlindHandyMan] DARPA Urban Grand Challenge


  Just a short note to let folks know that the DARPA Urban Grand Challenge 
  was won by my own Carnegie Mellon University.

  Six robots finished the race. It was sixty miles of urban driving where 
  bots had to negotiate four-way stops with each other, pass each other, 
  merge, obey all traffic laws, stop lights, dot dot dot.

  Stanford came in second with Virginia Tech in third place and M.I.T. 
  taking fourth.

  -- 
  Blue skies.
  Dan Rossi
  Carnegie Mellon University.
  E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  Tel: (412) 268-9081


   

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