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PLEASE NOTE CORRECTION IN DATE -- Red Whittaker to talk at Carnegie Mellon West in Silicon Valley
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 18:47:31 -0400
Thursday, 8/19 18:30 drinks/food/networking 19:00 lecture Grand Challenge : Racing for the Future Dr. William "Red" Whittaker Red Team Leader Director of the Field Robotics Center Carnegie Mellon University The Grand Challenge is a robotic race across 250 miles of unrehearseddesert in less than 10 hours for a $2 million dollar prize. Last year, the
Red Team's Sandstorm robot with support from companies such as Intel, Boeing, SAIC and many others, traveled the furthest and fastest, whilemaintaining a race pace averaging 15 mph. Prior to racing, Sandstorm logged over 1000 miles of autonomous driving, including a 57-mile continuous run.
The Grand Challenge surpasses previous endeavors. Never before haveautonomous vehicles been challenged to move at such speeds, across unknown
difficult terrain, and in proximity to other racing vehicles. Thescientific and technical challenges are immense but the potential benefits
are far greater. This race is bringing robotics to the fore of public attention, galvanizing new visions for the role of robotics in the worldand igniting the growth of a nascent industry. Breakthroughs compelled by
the race will forever alter the view of what is possible.This talk will chronicle the technical and human challenges driving the Red
Team's pursuit of the Grand Challenge. We race to catalyze technology,build new relationships, change the view of what's possible, and create new robotic applications in the world. The technical difficulties are enormous,
but not beyond grasp.Dr. William "Red" Whittaker leads the Red Team. He is the Fredkin Research
Professor of Robotics at Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Instituteand the founder and director of the Field Robotics Center and the National Robotics Engineering Consortium. He has been named Pittsburgh's Man of the
Year in Technology and honored as one of Science Digest's Top 100 USInnovators. His robotics endeavors have won numerous awards including: the
Engelberger Technology Award and the Laurels Award for outstanding achievement from Aviation Week and Space Technology. He is the chiefscientist of Redzone Robotics, a company that pioneers the development of
mobile robots for hazardous work environments. He holds 16 patents, has advised 26 Ph.D. students, and is the author/co-author of over 200 publications. www.redteamracing.org Location: Carnegie Mellon campus at Moffett Field in Mountain View(off US 101). Directions: http://west.cmu.edu/about/directions/index.htm.
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