[DARPA](http://www.darpa.mil) [announced](http://www.darpa.mil/grandchallenge/NQE_Press_Release.pdf) (pdf file) the 40 [Grand Challenge](http://www.darpa.mil/grandchallenge) teams selected to advance to the National Qualification Event. The teams come from a variety of backgrounds including universities, individuals, corporations, and a high school.

Both of [Virginia Tech’s](http://www.me.vt.edu/grandchallenge/) teams made the cut. [Team Jefferson](http://www.perronerobotics.com/dgc/index.htm) includes someone I used to work with, and their vehicle doesn’t look anything like the other vehicles. [Team CajunBot](http://www.cajunbot.com/site.php) is back, but their vehicle is a Jeep Wrangler this time. [Carnegie Mellon](http://www.redteamracing.org/) also has 2 teams in the race. 78 teams did not make the cut.