[IEEE-bhpjobs] June 11 - DARPA Grand Challenge demonstration - Butner, NC

[Esther L.]

An IEEE member from the triangle is the coach for a DARPA Grand 
Challenge team. The team is having a demo of their vehicle this Saturday 
in Butner, NC.

Event:   Autonomous ground vehicle demonstration - DARPA Grand Challenge.
Where:   Butner Research facility in Butner, NC
When:    10:00 AM.
Contact: Mary Ellen Randall, merandall at ieee.org


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Insight Racing selected for $2Million Grand Challenge race.
Special Demonstration available Saturday.

A fully autonomous ground vehicle (Drives without human intervention)
will be  demonstrated by Insight Racing on Saturday June 11th at the
Butner Research facility in Butner, NC at 10:00 AM.

Three years in development, this autonomous vehicle has recently been
chosen as one of forty out a field of 200, to participate in the Grand
Challenge.

The Grand Challenge is a race of fully autonomous ground vehicles to be
conducted in the Mojave Desert on October 8, 2005.  The Defense Advanced
Research Projects Agency (DARPA), race sponsor, is offering a $2 million
prize to the vehicle that completes the course the fastest within a
10-hour period.  The intent of the Grand Challenge is to encourage
participation in robotics R&D by nontraditional individuals and 
organizations outside the Military/Defense procurement sector who may 
offer new, innovative ways of thinking that lead to scientific or 
technological breakthroughs.

Earlier this year, Insight Technologies became the first team in the 
nation to successfully complete the Alpha Course at the Joint Unmanned 
Systems Test Experimentation and Research (JOUSTER) Site at Virginia 
International Raceway.  The 2.5 mile Alpha Course consisted of dirt 
roads, numerous winding turns, mud, and man made obstacles.

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For further information and directions if you are planning to attend this
unique event, contact: Mary Ellen Randall, merandall at ieee.org
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--  Esther L.,  esther-L at alumni.virginia.edu
Speaking only for myself