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Autonomous Vehicle Record Set at VIRginia International Raceway DANVILLE, VA. - A record of a different sort was set today at VIRginia International Raceway (VIR). This record wasn't set by a driver, but rather by Insight Racing's N.C. State University-sponsored "Lone Wolf," a Lotus Elise sports car modified to drive itself from one place to another. This completely robotic vehicle drove the Full Course at VIR in just over 6 minutes, topping out at 49 mph. The Lone Wolf is NCSU College of Engineering's entry in the DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) Urban Challenge project to develop fully autonomous vehicles capable of operating in a city environment with no human intervention. The Urban Challenge race is scheduled for November 3rd. The Urban Challenge project is intended to allow the military to have one-third of its vehicles with this self driving ability by 2015. Recently tested at VIRginia International Raceway, the Lone Wolf successfully completed several laps of the 3.27-mile natural terrain road course at increasing speeds. "The top speed in the Urban Challenge is 30 mph, but with a beautiful Lotus Elise at fabulous Virginia International Raceway, we couldn't resist the urge to drive the Lone Wolf fast," said Grayson Randall, Founder of Insight Racing. "After some tuning overnight we had a great run Thursday morning, knocking almost two minutes off our official time from Wednesday." The VIR event was sponsored by Lotus of Durham, in Durham, N.C. The quick times actually led to a well-documented and humorous incident when the car dropped two tires off into the grass and in returning to the track, spun out. According to VIR officicals, this is a common maneuver for novice drivers. The spin resulted in more amusement than concern as the team crowded around a video camera to play and replay the incident. Video of the spin can be viewed on YouTube at: youtube.com/watch?v=edFUCSBLjN8. The next public appearance of Lone Wolf is planned for August 15 at Comtrol Corporation's headquarters in Maple Grove, Minnesota. Comtrol is one of the team sponsors. "We are happy to be able to host the tests of Lone Wolf at VIR" said General Manager Josh Lief, "but of course we're pulling for the Hokies", Lief said with a smile. "With VIPER and JOUSTER on our Motorsports Technology Park, this is just one more way VIR is being used for something other than racing cars." |
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| Source | Sherry standing in front of the "Lone Wolf," a Lotus Elise sports car. |
| Author | Sherry Lambert Stapleton from No.. I live in Halifax VA., USA! |
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