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Re: Alice Goes Four Wheelin' (Autonomously)
By yesterday morning the Stanford team came through and "Stanley" bettered H1ghlander's time through the course by about 4 seconds. They held the lead for most of the day. But late in the afternoon the other CMU vehicle, Sandstorm, turned in a 8:59 run. I believe that this is the first sub-9-minute performance by any of the vehicles. But any of the vehicles that are able to consistently turn in complete runs over thier set of attempts will likely have a good shot at making it into the race on Saturday.
The fact that about half of the vehicles attempting the course on the first day were able to complete it is a very good sign. As I recall, none of the teams were able to get through the course on the first attempts last year. So this is a significant step forward. The field of finalists next weekend should be quite interesting!
-dave
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