From: Mike Cheponis <mac@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: October 9, 2005 12:17:52 AM PDT
Subject: CMU wins Grand Challenge
Well, ok, that's not _exactly_ true, but all 3 finishers were from
CMU at one time or another. (There are apparently still 2 entries
on the course, but there is no way they can beat the times of the
front 3.)
The winner was Stanford's Stanley (steamer?), and the researchers
who did it were long-time CMU faculty who moved over to Stanford.
A fantastic article is at <http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/09/
national/09robot.html?
ex=1286510400&en=91f28d114b2dad9f&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss>
The interactive features are great.
In case there was ever any doubt, I think this feat firmly
establishes CMU's robotics prowess.
-Mike (former proud member of the CMU Robotics Institute 1981-1987)