DARPA Robotic VX...its no longer an urban myth!!!!

[Dare2Dream]

Wow, that is one amazing machine

[Joe_Black]

Very cool! Thanks!

[kpaske]

So how did it fare in the race? I have read a couple of articles, but they only mention the top 4 or 5 competitors.

[Triathlete]

There was 5 vehicles that finished. The mega$$$$ VW team won the two million dollar prize as the fastest. TheVX did not make it. The funny thing is is the VW used a very similar tracking system as the Austin Robotics VX, but they had 7 years to tune it versus 9 months that the VXers had. They said one of the other teams hd a guy on it that came over to them and said "great choice of vehicle...a VX". They came to find out the guy owned a VX...they told him about this site! Here is the DARPA site.

[AlaskaVX]

http://pstr-m04.ygpweb.aol.com/data/...91Xjmy0300.jpg

Sooo when are they gong to mass produce these?

I want a rolocated alternator!!!!!! (I have fried 3) Does that bracketry line up with the stock sized alt? Looks bigger but if you made your own and it lines up with the stock size you could make some $ with that setup in the Isuzu offroad community.

[Triathlete]

The bracket was a very large and heavy duty welded in piece that they fabbed. It appeared as they had to relocate the radiator hose on that side.

[transio]

Freaking COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL !!!