Wired.com: "Not 20 teams as originally planned, but a mere 11 driverless vehicles will compete in the $3.5 million Urban Challenge unmanned street rally this Saturday. The reason, said DARPA director Tony Tether, was that not all of the robo-cars were safe enough on the road. During the qualifying events, one autobot after another drove into trouble - some crashed, some made dangerous turns, and some flew off the course entirely. 'It would be terrible for one bot to take out another,' Tether noted. And it'd be even worse if the machines violated DARPA's prime directive for the event: 'Don't Hit Anyone!!!'
The finalists are:
Victor Tango
CarOLO
Ben Franklin Racing Team
Team Cornell
Stanford Racing Team
Tartan Racing
MIT
Team UCF
Team AnnieWay
Intelligent Vehicle Systems
Team Oshkosh Truck"
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Wow how much would that suck to work so hard on building and programming an unmanned vehicle and then not qualify at the last minute. Good thing CMU's team made it past the chopping block. I can't even imagine how much work that is to not even get to compete.
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