Axion Racing Company

4607 Lakeview Canyon Road, Suite #428

Westlake Village, CA 91361-4028

Phone #: (818) 597-2703

Fax #: (805) 495-6897

email: Contact@AxionRacing.com

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Merriam-Webster

Definition of Axion

Pronunciation: 'ak-sE-(")än
Function: noun
Etymology: axial + ²-on
Date: 1978
Definition: a hypothetical subatomic particle of low mass and energy that is postulated to exist because of certain properties of the strong force.

Beginning in January 2003, this private research and development group has successfully built unmanned racing vehicles. California corporate offices are in Westlake Village and the bulk of the team is from San Diego. International web surfers from over 150 different countries and over 4,000 different worldwide cities have visited Axion Racing's web site.

Axion Racing's skill set:

Stereo Vision Cameras

Navigation & Path Plans

Antennas/Electromagnetism

Wireless Electronics

Robotic Engineering

Lunar Exploration

Battling highly funded DOD backed teams, Axion Racing's 35 member group was considered a favorite to win the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge. She was the 3rd place team at the start and finished 7th in the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge. Spirit had the best Inertial Navigation System (drift %) of all vehicles entered into the 2005 DGC.