Saturday, November 3, 2007

THE URBAN CHALLENGE!!!

Nov 3, 2007
Today has finally arrived!! The DARPA Urban Challenge is upon us. Only the most skilled teams will complete the sixty miles across urban terrain bustling with human and robot drivers. VictorTango has been seeded second in the start chutes after an excellent showing during qualification rounds (shown below). At 8am on Nov. 3, 2007, the live webcast will be shown at:

The first second and third place teams will take home $2 million, $1 million, and $500,000 respectively. Additionally, each team will receive a trophy to commemorate their victory.

15 comments:

Unknown said...

Tear em up Odin!

Unknown said...

We're cheering for Odin and the Victor Tango !!!

Beth said...

Grandpa, Grandma, Scott, Greg, Dad, and I are wishing you the best of luck! I have all of New Jersey and friends all over the US rooting for you. Go Odin, we know you can do it!!

Unknown said...

Woo! First mission is done! Keep it up Hokies!!!

Amber D. (Evans) Marcu, Ph.D. said...

I've been watching the livecast, but I haven't seen VT in a while. What's the status? How are we doing? I'm so excited for you all!

Go Oding! Go HOKIES!

Amber D. (Evans) Marcu, Ph.D. said...

HaHa! Live commentary regarding VT Odin is, "This team is performing very, VERY well."

Odin is still looking smooth. Good job you guys!

Amber D. (Evans) Marcu, Ph.D. said...

VT Odin just came in first (pertaining to time) for the second mission (in addition to coming in first for the first mission set). Took about 4 hours to complete the 2 missions. Great job!

AnkurNaik said...

Congratulations! Awsome showing so far. VT has come a long way since 2004!!!

James Dalton said...

Congratulations Tech! Fantastic! Beautiful to see VT finish.

Suedun said...

You all did FANTASTIC!! SO proud of you! Go Hokies and go TORC!!

Unknown said...

How did we do? I just got home and all I see on the DARPA site is that we completed the race.

Beth said...

We won't know who won until tomorrow. They still have to tally the "how did they drive" points to their times.

Wow, what a race!! I repeat, we knew you could do it and we are so very proud of your accomplishments!

- Cheryl's Mom

Unknown said...

Helluva run! Congrats on finishing early and strong!

I cant get the video feed to work for the awards ceremony, anyone else get it to work?

Anonymous said...

So who won? Weren't they supposed to make the announcement at 10 a.m. PST?

Unknown said...

1st Place - Tartan Racing, Pittsburgh, PA
2nd Place - Stanford Racing Team, Stanford, CA
3rd Place - Victor Tango, Blacksburg, VA