Carnegie Mellon's Boss @ Finish - 2007 Darpa Urban Challenge

The order of finish was the same as the Grand Challenge of two years ago --
Stanford first, Carnegie Mellon second. But this time, the final outcome may be different.

Though Tartan Racing Boss started more than 20 minutes after Stanford this morning, it was only a couple minutes behind at the finish. Now, we don't know how much either vehicle was paused by DARPA officials during the day, but it is reasonable to assume that Boss made up a whole heap of time on Stanford and the rest of the field.

Virginia Tech's Victor Tango, the first vehicle to start, was third across
the finish line, about 6 minutes behind Boss. Three additional vehicles are still on the course.

DARPA officials will be examining their score cards this evening to determine how well each robot drove. If Boss or any of the robots are judged to have driven unsafely or illegally, those robots likely won't be
bringing home any prizes.

We won't know who won this race or event or whatever you call it until DARPA Director Tony Tether meets with team leaders at 8 a.m. PT Sunday.

The winners won't be publicly revealed until a ceremony at 10 a.m. But it was a remarkable run, no matter the winner.
"Boss went out there tonight -- or today, or whatever it was -- and was just awesome," a slightly dazed Chris Urmson, director of technology, told the team and friends upon returning to the Tartan Racing pits. "Thank you all."

"Thank YOU, Chris," shouted back team member Sam Harbaugh.

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