Lauren Aguirre, Executive Editor
Gayle Añonuevo, Editorial Assistant
Tyler Howe, Senior Designer
Brenden Kootsey, Senior Web Developer
Elizabeth Kotin, Web intern
Lexi Krock, Associate Editor
David Levin, Editorial Assistant
Susan K. Lewis, Editor
Anna Malsberger, Designer
Peter Tyson, Editor in Chief
Anya Vinokour, Senior Designer
Special Thanks
Brett Leedy, Virginia Tech
Photo and Image Credits
The Great Robot Race homepage
Photos: (homepage image: composite of H1ghlander, Stanley in race) Courtesy Joe Seamans for NOVA (H1ghlander) and DARPA (Stanley in race)
Meet the Teams
Photos: (Ghostrider, DAD, DEXTER, Kat-5, IRV, Desert Tortoise, Tommy, Prospect Eleven, H1ghlander, Stanley, TerraMax) © NOVA/WGBH Educational Foundation; (Cliff) Courtesy Virginia Tech
Videos: (all except Virginia Tech team) © NOVA/WGBH Educational Foundation; (Virginia Tech team) Courtesy Virginia Tech
Cars That Drive Themselves
Photos: (Sebastian Thrun and Stanley) Courtesy Sebastian Thrun; (1935 gas station) © Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS; (Stanley) Courtesy Stanford Racing; (Batman and Robin in Batmobile) © Bettmann/CORBIS; (bumper sticker) © NOVA/WGBH Educational Foundation; (Team Stanford celebrating) Courtesy DARPA
A Triumph for New Orleans
Images: (Gray team in bleachers, Gray brothers and Dolly, inside Kat-5, Gray team at NQE) Courtesy Paul Trepagnier; (Kat-5 in "Beer Bottle Pass", Kat-5 finishing race, Gray team and Kat-5) Courtesy DARPA
Video Extras
Photos and Videos: (all) © NOVA/WGBH Educational Foundation
What Robots See
Photos: (laser sensing) Courtesy Sebastian Thrun; (video camera image and depth map) Courtesy Andrew Ng; (adaptive vision) © NOVA/WGBH Educational Foundation; (stereo vision images and depth map) Courtesy Princeton University; (radar composite) Courtesy Carnegie Mellon University; (cost map) Courtesy Sebastian Thrun
TV Program Description
Photo: (2005 DARPA Grand Challenge robots) Courtesy Joe Seamans for NOVA
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Narrated by
John Lithgow
Produced by
Joseph Seamans
Jason Spingarn-Koff
Written and Directed by
Joseph Seamans
Edited by
David Cohen
Music
Andreas Bjørck
Camera
Mark Knobil
Joseph Seamans
Additional Camera
Brent McDonald
Aerial Camera
Dave Arnold
Pilot
Patrick Thy
Jib Operators
Buzz Moyer
Keith Seymour
Sound Recordist
Chris Strollo
Additional Sound
Dino DiStefano
Doug Dunderdale
Scott Harber
Jim Choi
Chris Ripper
Clarence Ting
Paul Rusnak
Design and Animation
Ice Cold Milk
Damon Ciarelli
Jonathan Garin
Naomi Nishimura
Boo Wong
Researcher
Jason Spingarn-Koff
Production Coordinator
Janet Smith
Production Assistant
Glen Syska
Online Editor
Anthony Cortese
Colorist
John Crowley
Audio Mix
Sue Hartford
Archival Material
NHK
Mentorn
KCET
Getty Images
ITN Archive
The Producers gratefully acknowledge the cooperation of Professor Red
Whittaker, Red Team and the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University.
Special Thanks
Evan Tahler
Michele Gittleman
Francis Cheever
Anna Lee Strachan
Tom Goodwin
Jan Walker, DARPA
Norm Whitaker, DARPA
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NOVA Series Graphics
yU + co.
NOVA Theme Music
Walter Werzowa
John Luker
Musikvergnuegen, Inc.
Additional NOVA Theme Music
Ray Loring
Post Production Online Editor
Spencer Gentry
Closed Captioning
The Caption Center
NOVA Administrator
Dara Bourne
Publicity
Eileen Campion
Olivia Wong
Researcher
Gaia Remerowski
Senior Researcher
Barbara Moran
Production Coordinator
Linda Callahan
Unit Managers
Lola Norman-Salako
Carla Raimer
Paralegal
Richard Parr
Legal Counsel
Susan Rosen Shishko
Assistant Editor
Alex Kreuter
Associate Producer, Post Production
Patrick Carey
Post Production Supervisor
Regina O'Toole
Post Production Editor
Rebecca Nieto
Post Production Manager
Nathan Gunner
Supervising Producer
Stephen Sweigart
Producer, Special Projects
Susanne Simpson
Coordinating Producer
Laurie Cahalane
Senior Science Editor
Evan Hadingham
Senior Series Producer
Melanie Wallace
Managing Director
Alan Ritsko
Senior Executive Producer
Paula S. Apsell
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