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An Avalanche vehicle, the starting point for our Code Red, in an off-road race. Learn more about our vehicles.

Code Red: Amazing Progress

Constructed to fit any range of landscape, the Avalanche, also known as “Code Red,” is a custom truck capable of handling both natural and synthetic obstacles. Code Red was jointly designed by Avalanche Engineering, Cornell's DARPA Grand Challenge... Read More

No Ordinary Spider

A cutting-edge creation developed and donated by the military contractor Singapore Technologies Kinetics, the Spider is the basis for our Titan vehicle. This incredibly rugged Light Strike Vehicle is practically indestructible, and was orig... Read More

The Vehicles
Instead of modifying a sport utility vehicle intended for mild off-road outings, we will be using two powerful and virtually indestructible off-road 4x4 vehicles tailored precisely to the requirements of this challenge.

More vehicle information - General tech info

The Team
Our team is constructed of over 60 graduate and undergraduate students from a variety of engineering and business fields.

More about our team - Team member profiles

Team Cornell Announces AMD Partnership
Team Cornell is proud to announce it's partnership with Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. AMD will be supporting Team Cornell with Opteron 800 series processors and motherboard, including a powerful Quad-Opteron computer to function as the main path-plan... Read More
Titan Drives Itself using GPS

On February 6, 2005, Titan successfully followed Global Positioning System (GPS) waypoints for the first time. This is a major accomplishment for the team, because GPS waypoints define the Grand Challenge course. The vehicle recognized a series o... Read More

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