October 3, 2005
Applanix POS LV technology guides Red Team to success in DARPA race qualifiers

Using Applanix POS LV integrated Inertial/GPS technology as part of their on-board navigation systems, the Carnegie Melon University (CMU) Red Team have successfully completed the first series of qualifying rounds for the upcoming DARPA Grand Challenge. The qualifiers last a week culminating in the event, a 175 mile race across the Mojave Desert to be run October 8th.

The POS LV position and orientation system has been integrated with scanning lasers, cameras and radar technology to produce a composite model of the terrain used by the vehicles (Sandstorm and H1ghlander), as navigation data. The qualifying course at the California Speedway includes obstacles, paved/unpaved road surfaces and a tunnel designed to block GPS satellite signals. The Applanix POS LV technology has been a key component in generating accurate positioning data along the whole course, even allowing the vehicles to successfully navigate the tunnel where GPS reception is lost.

Of the 43 vehicles competing in the qualifying rounds only 20 will make the starting positions on Saturday.

About Applanix Corporation
Applanix, a Trimble Company (NASDAQ: TRMB), develops, manufactures, sells and supports products and solutions for Mobile Mapping and Positioning. Applanix’ Position and Orientation Systems ( POS) are used in a variety of applications, including road profiling, GIS data acquisition, aerial surveying and mapping, railroad track maintenance and seafloor mapping. Established in 1991, Applanix strives to support customers around the world with exceptional service.

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