Hi,
I was thinking the hardware would consist of:
coincidently, Dodge Aries for, what, $500.00? Is it an automatic?
A high end GPS for say $750.00 to $1000.00. A cheap GPS will keep the car on or
near the road. A high end GPS might keep in the correct lane.
Remote control gear for start, stop,
Wait a minute. You want to avoid pedestrians? Cyclists
maybe but pedestrians?!! I'm sure the majority of
entries are going to be solar powered unless that's
out of the rule books. We are talking LA to LV here.
Lots and lots of sunshine.
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It is an automatic! The car is the cheapest part! (I was going to sell it for
$300 (+repairs needed if any...)
Ive used/programmed vision systems for pick and place machines, its pretty
easy actually. Part of the trip is off road though... the vehicle is front
wheel drive, but
If there are any pedestrians, or cycleists out in the middle of the hot dry
desert the probably need to be run over! (however... we will need a
lizard detection/avoidance system!)
Jamie
On Friday 06 December 2002 08:17 am, Mike O wrote:
: Wait a minute. You want to avoid pedestrians?
The race is to be run at night.
Mike O ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote*:
Wait a minute. You want to avoid pedestrians? Cyclists
maybe but pedestrians?!! I'm sure the majority of
entries are going to be solar powered unless that's
out of the rule books. We are talking LA to LV here.
Lots and lots of
The course description says that its navigable by a (4x4?)pickup truck,
but the vehicle must operate autonomously and - I think - without
pit-stops for refueling, etc. The fuel with the highest energy density
thats readily available is diesel AFAIK. Any publicly available signals
are allowed,
Beaker (aka Jeff W) wrote:
The course description says that its navigable by a (4x4?)pickup truck,
but the vehicle must operate autonomously and - I think - without
pit-stops for refueling, etc. The fuel with the highest energy density
thats readily available is diesel AFAIK. Any publicly
Looks like the hardware costs are getting periously close to sky high. Too bad.
It would a lot of fun.
Beaker (aka Jeff W) ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote*:
Beaker (aka Jeff W) wrote:
The course description says that its navigable by a (4x4?)pickup truck,
but the vehicle must operate autonomously
Bob Crandell wrote:
Looks like the hardware costs are getting periously close to sky high. Too bad.
It would a lot of fun.
Well, sponsors are allowed - know any deep pockets ?
~beaker
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Sponsers, yes. About the time I hit the send button, it occured to me that what we
really need is a good grant writer.
I figure if we count time with a value of $0.00, we are still investing $10,000.00
to $20,000.00 in all the different technologies involved to accomplish this feat.
Beaker (aka
http://www.darpa.mil/iao/
while checking out the above link I thought I'd see what was on the main
DARPA page and found this:
http://www.darpa.mil/grandchallenge/index.htm
The cash prize is a cool million (taxpayer?) dollars!
~beaker
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That looks cool. Let's build one. It should only take a few thousand dollars in
hardware, and a whole lot of hours.
Beaker (aka Jeff W) ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote*:
http://www.darpa.mil/iao/
while checking out the above link I thought I'd see what was on the main
DARPA page and found this:
Hmmm... well.. I hope your not making plans with that million bucks.. The
rules state several instances that no award will be made. including an
unspecified time limit. in otherwords, even if your not the first to cross
the finishline, you still may not win.
Its a pretty stiff
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