DARPA Grand Challenge A Real Race At Last?

museumpeace writes "News.com has posted its second story in a week on a hopeful Grand Challenge contender. Stanford's Stanley, a VW Touareg run by 100,000 lines of code can hit 40 mph and has now traversed all but 3 miles of last year's desert course without problems. A few days earlier, Carnegie Mellon University's Team Red announced that its Sandstorm, a modified Hummer, had run 200 miles without any problems though on a closed track. DARPA cut the field to 40 in June and will cut it to 20 before the race in October."

Does it come with a stereo?

[Realistic_Dragon]

I wish my girlfriend could drive 200 miles without crashing into something. Perhaps theres a trade in programme or something?

Hummer went 200 miles without a problem...

[RandoX]

Was it refueled on the fly?

Re:Does it come with a stereo?

[Anonymous Coward]

I wish my girlfriend could drive 200 miles without crashing into something.

DARPA Challenge... /.'er with a girlfriend...

Must.. make... joke... before... head... explodes...

How many mploc?

[Anonymous Coward]

How many miles per line of code?

100000 lines of code

[Amouth]

is that to be impressive?? if it was like 500 i would be WOW even say 5000 but 100000. is that jsut the main driver or is that each part sumed.. and when do we get to read the doc it should be intresting // this line was added after it saw the tele pole as a lane line

Go Standford!

[American AC in Paris]

Standford's Stanley, a VW Taureg run by 100000 lines of code can hit 40 mph

I'll bet the teams from Harverd, Berkely and NIT are quaking in their boots.

This is a darpa contest?

[nizo]

When do they start allowing contestant cars to carry guns/rockets/etc to take out other cars?

In fact, this could be a whole new brand of reality show: a few dozen death row inmates are released, followed minutes later by "smart cars with guns" that chase them down. Last inmate alive gets a pardon.

Re:Does it come with a stereo?

[Kjella]

Perhaps theres a trade in programme or something?

There's a new one, getting traded in for something that can drive 200 miles without crashing... just tell her she's made you gay, that'll go over easier.

Kjella

No gas?

[slapout]

run by 100000 lines of code

Wow. A car that runs on computer code instead of gas? That's great! Now I can program myself home.

(Wonder how I'll pay attention to the road while I write code though....)

Re:Go Standford!

[Anonymous Coward]

I'll bet the teams from Harverd, Berkely and NIT are quaking in their boots.

Do you mean MIT?

Desert driving...bah!

[regjoe]

Try navigating rush hour traffic...now that would be a trick. Could have a robotic hand for giving someone the bird....just a thought!

Re:Go Standford!

[Anonymous Coward]

Captain, I'm detecting extremely low levels of clue in the area.

Did anyone else see this and think...

[eSims]

Standford's Stanley, a VW Taureg run by 100000 lines of code can hit 40 mph and has now traversed all but 3 miles of last year's desert course without problems.

Herbie!

Re:The worlds most boring race

[jeblucas]

Machine moves 10 feet, stops.
Moves 5 feet, stops.
Moves 40 feet, stops.
Turns 10 degrees.
Turns 15 degrees.
Moves 10 feet, stops.

Apparently it took 100,000 lines of code because it's written in Logo [wikipedia.org].

FORWARD 5
FORWARD 40
RIGHT 10
RIGHT 15
FORWARD 10

Re:Princeton

[Anonymous Coward]

A guy from princeton made some posts claiming that his team had run the entire course and then some last night.

They must be tired.

Re:This is a darpa contest?

[Anonymous Coward]

When do they start allowing contestant cars to carry guns/rockets/etc to take out other cars?

Awesome idea. Let me get my microphone and metal hockey mask...