Victorville (CA) – Stanford Racing passed the qualification round and cemented a position in Saturday’s Urban Challenge race thanks to a very smooth and – as some would say – “boring” qualification run on Tuesday.  The team’s bot “Junior” methodically, quickly and smoothly made its laps around the track and easily avoided all the human driven chase cars.
 

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Video of Stanford's very boring run

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DARPA officials paused the robot after just three laps and told Stanford Racing that their team had made it into the finals.  One onlooker smiled and told us, “Perfection is boring”.