The NQE has started

It is official. The National Qualifying Event for the DARPA Urban Grand Challenge is underway. We are back from the opening ceremony (had to be here 6:30 AM, left the hotel at 5 AM:).

Tony Tether and Norm Whittaker are welcoming all to the eventAll the team leaders with the key DARPA representativesSebastian Thrun (Stanford) and Tucker Balch (Sting Racing lead) at the NQE opening ceremony

Today the team has to perform safety and e-stop tests, and with time over in our timeslot (30 minutes) we will perform a second practice test in area 1. In addition some final software checks will be performed. Tomorrow the team will perform live tests in area C (morning) and A (afternoon).

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