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Originally Posted by Kris Verdeyen
The Red Team (CMU) suffered a pretty severe setback yesterday (3-4) when their vehicle Sandstorm rolled during a software test. There is some speculation that the Modified Hummer's engine was undamaged because one of the stop buttons was hit when it rolled. Now all they have to do is fix everything in a week, and they're set.
I can't wait to see what goes on with the Grand Challenge. Will there be any real-time race coverage, either online or on TV?
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I, of course, didn't have any idea that the Red Team had suffered this setback when I made the above wisecrack. In all seriousness, I hope Red can pull things together in time for the QID next week because it'll certainly be less fun without his team competing.
For those that don't know, CMU is a robotics mecca. Most of the really cool algorithms that are used in autonomous navigation were developed by Red and his grad students.
-Kevin