January 1, 2010

TORC Technologies, LLC, (TORC), a research and development company focusing on unmanned vehicle systems for industrial and military clients, announced the successful completion of its DARPA Urban Challenge site visit. The TORC and Virginia Tech team was awarded a 1-year $1M contract from the DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) to develop and demonstrate an autonomous ground vehicle system to compete in the DARPA Urban Challenge. During this site visit, the TORC and Virginia Tech team successfully demonstrated the capabilities of the autonomous vehicle Odin.

TORC Technologies, LLC, (TORC), a research and development company focusing on unmanned vehicle systems for industrial and military clients, announced the availability of the ByWire™. The ByWire™ BW-100 rapidly converts ground and surface vehicle platforms to electronic drive-by-wire and teleoperated control. The ByWire™ BW-100 interfaces to vehicle platforms through relays, serial, Ethernet, CAN, and analog and digital I/O. Integrated closed-loop speed and steering control ensures precision vehicle control.