My favorite run of the day was Team Tobor. He was having some problems in the first two runs (I can relate) and finally ran a spectacular race in the 3rd run.
Just at the start, Viator (I think) and Minuteman tangle up in a wreck, but Tobor escapes, heads for the curb, and follows it brilliantly, making a perfect turn through the barrels.
Though missing the hoop, Tobor's buggy rounded the second and third turns. There's a giant pothole on the northwest corner of the building just before the 4th turn...
Tobor went right into it... crashed, rolled... and kept going! The GPS unit flew off the vehicle... but Tobor continued on, made the 4th turn, headed right for the finish, crossed it, flipped... posting the 3rd best time of the day up to that run.
Seriously-- robot loses a primary sensor but still finishes. Now that is some crazy robust software. Scott's got a nicely set up Extended Kalman Filter pulling data from many sources to estimate heading and position. Really amazing!
So far the only video I've found is this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WqCozoDSyo
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