Today, November 4th, 2007, DARPA announced the winners of the DARPA Urban Challenge. This event has enabled the realization of a technology that will greatly benefit mankind. To arrive at this point, many teams have spent thousands upon thousands of hours shaping their cars and their car's brains. It has been an arduous journey for all, including the DARPA officials that have succeeded in putting on this tremendous event.
So to cut to the chase, team Victor Tango accepted the third place award, preceded by second place Stanford, and first place Tartan Racing. The feeling of standing among the three victors of the greatest robot race to date was one that will be hard to forget. It is a tremendous honor and a great accomplishment to have received the trophy today. We thank everyone that has offered their support in this endeavor: our sponsors, advisory committee, family, friends, and teachers who let us take off two weeks of school.
10 comments:
Congratulations, Team Victor Tango!
Way to go Team Victor Tango!! What an accomplishment!
Susie
Wohoo!!! Let the party begin!!!
Congrats on making it to the winner's circle.
Way to go Hokies!!! This is HUGE! Congrats to the entire team. Thanks for your hard work and for doing such an oustanding job representing VT in the competition. Party at Dave's house, right?
Congratulations from a Hokie alum. I've been following your progress and am thrilled at your accomplishments.
Congrats guys! Great job!
Team VictorTango,
All of us in VT CoE are so very proud! Thanks for all your hard work. Thanks to all your corporate sponsors!!
Safe trip home,
Deborah Hamilton
Congratulations, Team Victor Tango... Wow, what a showing Odin made!! All those days, nights and weekends of hard, dedicated work paid off. You should be very, very proud.
- Cheryl's mom and Hokie Alum
Congrats team!
WOW! And that doesn't begin to tell how very spectacular this entire event has been. All associated with this team should be EXTREMELY proud of the finish and of the hard work and effort that was put into the process. Congratulations Odin and to all involved.
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