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To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (59499)	3/12/2004 2:07:33 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Respond to of 64865

OT OT OT California fighting against NY and VA in the million dollar robot race- 15 teams qualify for Mojave Desert robot race, though many didn't make it trough trials Fifteen teams qualified for Saturday's $1 million robot race across the Mojave Desert, though more than half failed to complete a flat, 1.36-mile obstacle course during trials, officials said Friday. A total of seven unmanned, self-navigating vehicles -- ranging from dune buggies to a 16-ton truck -- navigated the course, which was sprinkled with gravel pits, metal rods and other barriers, in qualifying runs this week. Eight other teams, including one from a high school, didn't complete the course but were judged to have done well enough to qualify for the finals. A total of 25 vehicles had been invited to the qualifying rounds. The race is sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the Pentagon's research and development arm, and trials were held Monday through Thursday at the California Speedway in Fontana, east of Los Angeles. Qualifiers that finished the course were teams from Carnegie Mellon University; California Institute of Technology; Virginia Tech; Digital Auto Drive of Morgan Hill, Calif.; SciAutonics LLC and Elbit Systems Inc.; Oshkosh Truck Corp., Oshkosh, Wis.; and Axion Racing, Westlake Village, Calif. Contestants that didn't finish the practice course but still qualified are another team from SciAutonics; Palos Verdes High School, Palos Verdes, Calif.; an entry by Anthony Levandowski, Berkeley, Calif.; one from Richard Mason, Santa Monica, Calif.; Terra Engineering, Gardena, Calif.; University of Florida and Autonomous Solutions Inc.; University of Louisiana at Lafayette; and Ensco Inc. of Falls Church, Va. sfgate.com