The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's Urban Challenge is now exactly one year away, Nov. 3, 2007. By this time on that day the race will have ended....
Reminder to all within driving distance of the TC workshop: The shop is available today from 7 am to 11 pm. I am checking the e-mail now for team member / work...
Hello everyone, I am an engineering student studying in Chennai,India.I am studying electronics and communication engineering.Me and my friend, who is studying...
A day less than one year left before the Urban Challenge. Two truck mechanics joined the pit crew here in TC Saturday. They are checking their other...
Grand Traverse Tire just called. They found some replacement rims and tires for the truck AV WENDY DARLING this is an update from the earlier prices we had...
Hi everyone, I will be giving the reps for one of our suppliers a shop tour starting at 11 am on Wednesday 11-8-06. Also anyone else who can be there is...
Hi everyone, While the puzzle solving aspect of our engineering work on the AutoPilot for US Army trucks occupies all of my spare time, it is important to take...
Burned a lot of propane this evening. It is 19 degrees outside and a light tracking snow covers everything. Inside the shop Gene and I were trying to get the...
Perhaps the easiest way for us here at robot HQ to solve the volunteer shortage is to staff the place with robots? Here is a video for your Thanksgiving...
Hi everyone, Several more people have inquired about joining the team. One of them is a programmer that specializes in embedded systems and has a strong...
The fable of stone soup is about co-operation amid scarcity. According to Portuguese tradition, the events described in the "stone soup" tale took place...
As an example of how ordinary people are chipping in what they can, I needed a date stamp and fresh ink pad to date the paper copies of the latest revision of...
Hi Everyone, I thought everyone might like to have a team number to use in their advertising and promotional stuff. To speed things up I have assigned the...
Team # Team name 1 A Bunch of Dropouts 2 Albertabot 3 American Industrial Magic 4 Austin Robot Technology 5 AutoTrek 6 AvantGuardium 7 Axion Racing 8 base17...
Our land line is out until Saturday evening. Snow load pulled it out of the box. Checked responses from the 88 DARPA Urban Challenge teams. So far there that...
Historic Robotics Photo: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15855242/displaymode/1107/s/2/framenumber/9/ GO ROBOTS ! Embroidered team jacket patches are available for...
Here at the shop we watched the documentary film " Who Killed The Electric Car". It was fun for me to see some of the people on film that I have corresponded...
THE NATION IS AT WAR - Robot Club mobilized. War was declared on the United States and it is the responsibility of every citizen of the USA to support the...
For those of you who were asking about how Jessica Lynch is doing here is a story with picture. http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,600152819,00.html GO...
Dear Sir: I am the search committee chair for a Tranportation System Management (Automotive Technology & Engineering) position opening in the Department of...
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Hi everyone, I found a missing team and numbered it team 89, the name is "Cakewalk" from Whiteland IN. They are no longer listed on the DARPA list of teams and...
Get out your score cards and cross off team 39 - Robokar; team 76 -TamXAR; and team 89 - Cakewalk. These teams are no longer on DARPA's list of teams. If you...
Video clip CNN story this morning about the Urban Challenge http://stratacomm.net/video/darpa.cfm GO ROBOTS ! Embroidered team jacket patches are available for...
Hi, For the editors and reporters on this list, I have compiled a picture score card / program of the teams in the DARPA Urban Challenge. It contains basic ...
From the hydraulics and pneumatics sub group to the rest of the team: "There are only 10 kinds of people in the world -- Those who understand binary, and those...
This evening we have 387 members of our on-line version of the Robot Club. Welcome new members. As you may know we have a 14,500 pound robot that club members...
Hi everyone, Dr. Arnold suggested that I write to all of you today and ask you to send $100 each to help fund our robot truck. But if you are going to have to...
Several club members have asked for a regular monthly meeting in addition to the open shop time so next meeting will be as usual the second Saturday of the...
Hi everyone, Gary Christian, our webmaster is recovering from cancer surgery at Munson Hospital. I plan to go over there tomorrow and say hi. His wife Crystal...