[翻译]RoboChamps城市挑战赛

原文：RoboChamps shifts into high gear

时间：Monday, October 20, 2008 10:18 AM

RoboChamps shifts into high gear

Microsoft recently announced the launch of the RoboChamps Urban Challenge, sponsored by KIA Motors. Similar to the real-world DARPA Urban Challenge, participants will be tasked with programming a robotic car to navigate to a series of checkpoints in an urban environment.  RoboChamps Urban Challenge has one major difference – it’s based entirely in simulation. Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio 2008 provides a rich physics-enabled simulation environment and allows developers to program robots using .NET languages. The combination of the two removes significant barriers to entry for would be robotics programmers. RoboChamps, built on top of Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio 2008, is a simulated robotics league that provides participants with simulated robots and immersive 3-D environments.

微软最近宣布推出“RoboChamps城市挑战赛”，由起亚汽车公司(KIA)赞助。类似于真实世界的DARPA城市挑战赛，参与者将负责将编程后的机器人车通过城市中的一系列的检查站。 RoboChamps城市的挑战赛和以往的比赛有一个重大区别－－它是完全基于模拟。Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio 2008 提供了丰富的物理功能的仿真环境，并允许开发人员使用.NET编程语言。随着这两个重大障碍消除，将有很多人成为机器人程序员。 RoboChamps是基于Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio 2008 建立的一个模拟机器人联盟，提供模拟机器人和身临其境的三维环境。

Through their sponsorship, KIA Motors provides the RoboChamps community with two significant benefits.  The first is an added level of realism. KIA Motors has provided access to models of five of their popular car models -  Soul, Borrego (also known as ‘Mohave’) SUV, refreshed Magentis (‘Optima’) and the all-new Cerato (‘Spectra’). These models have all been turned into simulated robotic cars, each one loaded with a series of simulated sensors. Each car includes two web cameras, a laser range finder, a GPS unit, and a number of bumpers that participants can interact with. Using this sensor data, participants must navigate a simulated, autonomous robot car past a series of KIA dealerships in the virtual city, while obeying traffic lights, avoiding collisions with other autonomous vehicles and of course staying on the road!

 
通过他们的赞助，起亚汽车公司(KIA)为RoboChamps社区提供了两个显着的好处。首先将虚拟完实境的水平提高了。起亚汽车公司提供了获得5个型号的热门车型-灵魂，博雷戈Borrego（也称为'Mohave’）的SUV，升级的马根蒂斯（ 'Optima‘ ）和全新的赛拉图（ 'Spectra’ ）。这些模型都变成模拟机器人汽车，每一个装满了一系列的模拟传感器。每节车厢有两个网络摄像机，激光测距仪，一个GPS装置，以及一些保险杠，与用户可以互动。利用这种传感器的数据，用户在虚拟的市中模拟导航自动机器车辆，经过一系列起亚经销商，并服从红绿灯，避免与其他自动车辆碰撞，以及在路边泊车！

In addition, the sponsorship has also provided the largest prizes in the history of RoboChamps. For the top entry, KIA Motors will be providing a real car, a KIA Soul, which has a retail value of US$15,000. They will also be providing a $10,000 cash prize for second place, and a $5000 prize for third place.

Software, challenge kits, training materials, and a video podcast focused on the Urban Challenge can all be found on the website: http://www.robochamps.com/.

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此外，赞助商也提供了RoboChamps历史上最大的奖项。对于优胜者的奖励，起亚汽车公司将提供一个真正的汽车，KIA Soul，它的零售价15000美元 。他们还将提供 10000美元现金奖励第二名，和5000美元奖励第三名。

软件，挑战需要的工具包，培训材料，以及视频podcast集中在城市的挑战都可以找到网站： http://www.robochamps.com/ 。

也可以参考以下地址： RoboChamps仿真城市的挑战