Carnegie Mellon's Tartan Racing Team To Brief Reporters, Nov. 2

   Team Members, Sponsors Will Offer Insights on DARPA Urban Challenge

  EVENT: William "Red" Whittaker and members of Carnegie Mellon University's
         Tartan Racing team will host a media briefing for reporters
         covering the Nov. 3 DARPA Urban Challenge, a competition between
         robotic vehicles with a $2 million first prize. Whittaker, the team
         leader and veteran of two previous DARPA robot competitions, will
         be joined by representatives of three major team sponsors: Larry
         Burns, vice president of General Motors Research & Development and
         Strategic Planning; Tana Utley, vice president and chief technology
         officer of Caterpillar Inc. and Karl-Thomas Neumann, president of
         Continental Automotive Systems. Chris Urmson, the team's director
         of technology, will provide a walk-around tour of Boss, the
         autonomous 2007 Chevy Tahoe that is Tartan Racing's entry in the
         event.
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  WHEN:  2 p.m. (Pacific Time), Friday, Nov. 2.

  WHERE: Tartan Racing pit area (pit 306), Southern California Logistics
         Airport, Victorville, Calif., site of the 2007 DARPA Urban
         Challenge.

Note: For information and imagery, visit the Tartan Racing Web site, http://www.tartanracing.org/

About Carnegie Mellon: Carnegie Mellon is a private research university with a distinctive mix of programs in engineering, computer science, robotics, business, public policy, fine arts and the humanities. More than 10,000 undergraduate and graduate students receive an education characterized by its focus on creating and implementing solutions for real problems, interdisciplinary collaboration, and innovation. A small student-to-faculty ratio provides an opportunity for close interaction between students and professors. While technology is pervasive on its 144-acre Pittsburgh campus, Carnegie Mellon is also distinctive among leading research universities for the world-renowned programs in its College of Fine Arts. A global university, Carnegie Mellon has campuses in Silicon Valley, Calif., and Qatar, and programs in Asia, Australia and Europe. For more, see http://www.cmu.edu/.

PRNewswire -- Oct. 23

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