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[ChrisH]

Yes, one of the mentors from team 980 was on the team that built Urbie. I even know which member it is. I'm not sure if this person comes here at all or is aware of these discussions.

I don't think I've ever seen them post though. So I've taken the liberty of e-mailing them and asking them to join us.

In case they should decline, I'm keeping their identity confidential for now. If this person should join us, then all can be revealed. If not, I don't think it would be in anybody's best interest for that name to be widely known.

The visual navigation system used by Urbie could be quite useful for the current problem. But in the application on the website, it seemed to require a human operator to designate the destination which apparently had to be in view. While this ability could be useful, we would still have to designate "targets" from within the control system. NO outside communication with the vehicle is allowed. Reading the rules, even recieving simple telemetry from the vehicle is questionable.


<<edit: I recieved a reply from the aforementioned individual. They are already commited to another team in the competition though they might be available for reviewing plans and similar limited involvement. Whether we want to do this with a competitor is an interesting question. >>