2005 Site Visit Information

Axion Racing

Site Visit Notes

Spirit completed a total of four runs in front of DARPA representatives, during its 2005 DARPA Site Visit. During each run, the autonomous vehicle drove over every waypoint and never left the route's staked boundary.

Spirit successfully drove over a total of 58 waypoints, while avoiding dynamically DARPA placed obstacles. She avoided all obstacles during four autonomous vehicle demonstration runs.

Site Visit Date

May 02, 2005

Site Visit Photo

Official Axion Racing DARPA Site Visit Team Photo

DARPA Reps

Two

Three 200m (1/12 Mile)

Demo Runs

30 waypoints / 3 runs = 10 waypoints "hit" by Spirit per run.

Spirit missed all obstacles and there were no missed waypoints.

One 638m (4/10 Mile) Demo Run

28 waypoints x 1 run = 28 waypoints "hit" by Spirit per run.

Spirit missed all obstacles and there were no missed waypoints.

Demo run consisted of varying terrain and elevations.

The Axion Racing Twins helped DARPA representatives pace the course, at the La Jolla International Glider Port near San Diego, California.