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11.3.07
Odin finishes 3rd in the DARPA Urban Challenge! Victor Tango brings home $500,000 and DARPA's
eagle trophy. First and second place went to Tartan Racing and Stanford, respectively.
10.19.07
Odin leaves for competition in Victorville Ca.
10.14.07
Victor Tango shows off Odin's capabilities on the roads of the Corporate
Research Center (CRC). During this demo, Odin was able to merge with other traffic, detect blockages,
replan a new route, and even park in the TORC Technologies parking lot!
6.29.07
DARPA visits VictorTango for the Urban Challenge qualification Site
Visit. Odin completed all four MDF runs flawlessly.
The scheduled test took 2 of the allotted 4 hours. For a video
of the event, click here.
6.28.07
VictorTango hosts
advisory board members from AAI Corp, Caterpillar, Cybermotion,
SAIC, and National Instruments for a demonstration and discussion
of the team’s progress and plans.
6-17-07
VictorTango demonstrates Odin’s driving prowess at a cookout
for the newly formed AUVSI Blue Ridge Chapter.
6-8-07
Team
VictorTAngo visited Caterpillar in Peoria, IL to give a demonstration
of the vehicles to Caterpillar Electronics employees.
4-26-07
DARPA
gives Team VictorTango the number 32 to commemorate those that lost
their lives from the VT Tragedy.
3-13-2007
Caterpillar
becomes a Victor Tango sponsor! View the Caterpillar on-campus
photos here.
2-18-2007
The
Roanoke
Times publishes an article about TORC and their role on the Victor
Tango team. Click here
to see the article.
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Contact us!
We are always happy to answer any questions you may have. Feel free to contact any of the following:
Media: News and Information
Need additional information regarding the Urban Challenge? Or do you want to write a story about us and our involvement with the UC? Then please send all your media inquiries to:
Dr. Al Wicks
awicks@vt.edu
(540)231-4323
Sponsorship Opportunities
If you are interested in sponsorship, we would love to have you
as part of the team. For sponsoring opportunities, please contact:
Shawn Kimmel
skimmel@vt.edu
(703)509-0537
Questions
about the website
If you have any difficulty with the website or feel that it is
missing pertinent information, please feel free to suggest it
to:
Shawn Kimmel
skimmel@vt.edu
(703)509-0537
Other
Questions
If you have a question that doesn't fit any of the above categories,
please direct your question to:
urbanchallenge@vt.edu
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