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Uploaded by on Apr 23, 2009

Sparkfun's Autonomous Vehicle Competition.

When this event was originally conceived, it was to be for SparkFun employees only. Soon after the race was announced, we quickly realized that, "Heck, this would be a lot more fun if our customers could participate," and the event grew more quickly than we ever imagined.

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  • Great video. Just signed up for the 2010 competition, will be coming up from Texas!

  • @gordonputfile AWESOME!!! can't wait to see you here in Boulder, CO

  • the only real way to navigate around the building is to use a gps receiver with waypoints. and the only rover with this made its way around.

    but i recon next year sparkfun should set up barriers around the outside of the carpark to prevent rovers from running into the lake (i wont say who here ;) )

    anyway, awesome competition guys, icant wait till next year!!!

  • @smartieoncomputer watching a bot take a dip in the lake was half the fun!

  • Looks nice! But, what was the goal of the competition? Or what kind of a competition was?

  • The goal of the competition was to race around the building, avoid obstacles and cross the finish line with the fastest time.

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  • Watching this video helps me forget about all of my problems

  • Whoa! I had no idea sparkfun did this too! Looks like I found a new home page!

  • what song is this playing?

  • extra challenge, only use 1 arduino, 3 continues rotation servos, 1 gps module, 1 range finder, and a tilt sensor (for emergency shutdown, to prevent the water hazard)

    should also be able to run inside with the same stuff.

  • who won?

    what was the design, in general.

    how accurate was is the finish? +/- in/ft/yds?

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