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The Blue Team at work in their lab at the University of California in Berkeley on September 21, 2005. From front to rear: Charles Smart, in charge of programming the GPS and stability, Andrew Schultz in charge of programming the electrical engines, and Alex Krasnov in charge of programming the vision and stability. The Blue Team is working on Ghostrider Robot, an autonomous motorcycle developed by Andrew Levandowski and his team of graduate students. The team is one of 40 semi-finalists selected for the 2005 Grand Challenge, a 150-mile off-road race for autonomous vehicles sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Administration (DARPA). The first vehicle to successfully complete the 150 mile course in the October 8, 2005, competition will win a $2 million prize.
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