Sting Racing
Sting Racing is the Georgia Tech-SAIC team participating in the 2007 Urban Grand Challenge. The Tech contingent is comprised of students and researchers from Georgia Tech's College of Computing, College of Engineering and the Georgia Tech Research Institute. Additional technical support has been provided by Telcordia, Sun Microsystems and Duke University.
Sting Racing acquired a stock Porsche Cayenne - dubbed Sting 1 - to run in the event. The team has outfitted the vehicle with computers and a battery of sensing devices, and integrated the various systems to achieve fully autonomous operation per Challenge requirements.
The vehicle is undergoing extensive road and systems tests as Sting Racing crew members fine-tune and adjust hardware, software and mechanical systems as necessary.
Sting Racing also will be responsible for transporting the vehicle to the Challenge site, and supervising its performance in the event.
The 2007 Urban Design Challenge marks the first time Georgia Tech has participated in the competition. Its partner, SAIC, has been involved in both previous Challenges.
Sting Racing's objective is stated simply: To win the 2007 Urban Design Challenge.
About Georgia Tech The Georgia Institute of Technology is among the premiere engineering and research institutions in the U.S., distinguished by its commitment to improving the human condition through advanced science and technology.
Located on a 400-acre campus in Atlanta, Georgia Tech's innovative teaching and advanced research capabilities are defining the technological university of the 21st century.
Georgia Tech has a long history of research and development in robotics, particularly autonomous aerial and ground vehicles. These efforts recently have been focused through a new center - Robotics and Intelligent Machines @ Georgia Tech - embracing research across the traditional boundaries of mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, computing and other disciplines.
About SAIC is a leading provider of scientific, engineering, systems integration and technical services and solutions to all branches of the U.S. military, agencies of the Department of Defense, the intelligence community, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and other U.S. Government civil agencies, as well as to customers in selected commercial markets. With more than 44,000 employees in over 150 cities worldwide, SAIC engineers and scientists solve complex technical challenges requiring innovative solutions for customers' mission-critical functions. SAIC had annual revenues of $8.3 billion for its fiscal year ended January 31, 2007.
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