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To: Step1 who wrote (1986)	12/15/1997 11:00:00 PM
From: arun gera	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3506

Off Topic Stephan: You are talking about a different competition. Here is the link that indicates that Novatel actually loaned (free) GPS equipment to Universities that participated in the aerial robotics competition. avdil.gtri.gatech.edu And here is the news release that conveniently FORGETS to mention that fact. CALGARY, August 14 /CNW-PRN/ - Carnegie Mellon University is the winner of the International Aerial Robotics Competition held recently in Orlando, Florida on July 14 at Epcot in Walt Disney World. The core GPS technology used by Carnegie Mellon - a real-time 2 cm receiver (RT-2(TM)) - was supplied by NovAtel Inc. (Nasdaq: NGPSF), a high precision GPS manufacturer and an official sponsor of the competition. The second and third place winners - Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the University of Central Florida (UCF) respectively - used NovAtel's RT-20(TM), a real-time 20 cm receiver. Eleven team finalists from universities and a high school in the United States and Canada participated in the 1997 International Aerial Robotics Competition. Ten of these finalists used NovAtel's real-time (RTK) technology. NovAtel's RT-20(TM), a real-time kinematic Differential (DGPS) system, is a high performance 20 centimeter or better positioning solution featuring low data latency, fast reacquisition and high update rates. NovAtel's RT-2(TM) is a real-time kinematic DGPS system which offers rapid 2 centimeter positioning and all the performance features of RT-20. According to Rob Michelson, Past President of the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International and creator of the International Aerial Robotics Competition, ''Even in the high multipath environment at EPCOT, the NovAtel DGPS allowed the winning entry to accurately locate all the toxic waste drums well within the one meter accuracy required by the competition rules. Etc.... Arun