One Step Short of $2 Million

Team Banzai completes 2 out of the required 3 runs in 2005 Grand Challenge National Qualifying Event

Oct 06, 2005 - Team Banzai went 1 for 4 during the regular rounds to qualify for the special fifth round on the last day. We had a near perfect run in the morning and just needed to finish the afternoon run to qualify for the Finals. Unfortunately, our over-conservative driving strategy caused Dora to think she was boxed in by a single traffic cone, thus ending her run for $2 million.

Eventually, we'll post pictures and the full story (once we get over the shock and disappointment).

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Sep 10, 2005
Drivers invited to see "Dora" at local Volkswagen and Apple Store San Francisco.

Jul 25, 2005
'Dora' makes headlines around the world

Jun 20, 2005
Team Banzai partners with Club Touareg to open-source its off-roading requirements

Jun 06, 2005
Team Banzai wins coveted invitation to the 2005 Grand Challenge National Qualifying Event

May 09, 2005
'Dora' performs impressively for visiting DARPA officials

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Sep 10 - Drivers invited to local Volkswagen and Apple Store San Francisco.

No human driver.
No remote control.

"Dora", is the world's first fully autonomous vehicle driven by Mac OS X. The entire development and race management efforts at Team Banzai is being done using Apple Mac OS X technology.

Learn more about the technology

2005 DARPA Grand Challenge

A technology race to develop the first un-manned ground vehicle to autonomously traverse unknown terrain in real scale, range, and time.

Learn more about the DARPA Challenge

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