Tales of the Golem; or, the Modern Epimetheus

There are pieces here, I don't know where they go

posted by Richard Mason @ Tuesday, August 28, 2007 0 comments

She said her visions were a bane in her life

posted by Richard Mason @ Monday, August 27, 2007 4 comments

In the suitcase on the left you'll find my favorite axe

posted by Richard Mason @ Tuesday, August 21, 2007 0 comments

I knew it complete when I wore a younger man's clothes

posted by Richard Mason @ Sunday, August 19, 2007 2 comments

We go on pretending stories like ours have happy endings

posted by Richard Mason @ Friday, August 17, 2007 0 comments

All right all right all right all right all right all right all right all right all right all right all right all right all right, ok now ladies

Actual tale of the Golem: we survived the latest cut of DARPA Urban Challenge teams to 36 teams and will advance to the semifinals.

We weren't at all sure that we would make it, since our site visit from DARPA did not go well. (We had about four unexpected bugs: one for each of the four test runs that DARPA asked us to do.) As evidence of the stiffness of the competition, it appears that the team from Raytheon Missile Systems and iRobot did not make the semifinals despite receiving million-dollar Track A DARPA funding. Such heavyweights as the team from UC Berkeley and the Australian Centre for Field Robotics did not make the semifinals either. So we consider ourselves lucky.

The DARPA Urban Challenge will be held at the Army's urban operations training facility at the former George Air Force Base in Victorville, California. Our team members, family members, and "representatives" are banned from the area until October 24...

posted by Richard Mason @ Sunday, August 12, 2007 4 comments

Get up everybody and sing

posted by Richard Mason @ Sunday, August 05, 2007 0 comments

True colors are beautiful, like a rainbow

posted by Richard Mason @ Saturday, August 04, 2007 1 comments

You found the secret code I use to wash away my lonely blues

posted by Richard Mason @ Thursday, August 02, 2007 0 comments