On Saturday the final round of the IBM Ultimate Derby took place. In the double elimination event, the HON #15 car placed…dead last! However, this is not as bad as it sounds. When you look at the times, out of 4 racers in this class, the HON car was a total of .03 seconds from [...]
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Derby Update: Round 1
The number of cars this year was pretty low compared to last year’s event. There were only 4 competitors for the fastest time, with only one being a mechanical assembly. The HON car was only .03 seconds from the fastest non-mechanical entry, incredibly close! The mechanical entry was a pretty amazing extending concept that had [...]
IBM Ultimate Derby
I just checked in the derby car moments ago. Weight: 2.8lb Time: 2.8s We will see how this compares with other cars in just a couple of hours. I will be updating this post accordingly with pictures and/or video. Unfortunately, the conference rooms have not had any wireless internet. This has made updating the blog [...]