Stanford robotic SUV finishes $2 million race

noosfractal · 2005-10-08 15:33:35

A customized Volkswagen SUV entered by Stanford University became the first autonomous vehicle to cross the finish line of a $2 million Pentagon-sponsored race across the rugged Mojave Desert on Saturday without help from a human driver or remote control.

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercuryn … 854045.htm

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Grypd · 2005-10-09 14:23:42

Heh heh that makes a total of five that have made it.

only a 500% increase and a great boon for roboticists everywhere

noosfractal · 2005-10-09 15:18:40

Here's what they used to do it ...

http://www.stanfordracing.org/[/url]"]
All processing takes place on seven Pentium M computers, powered by a battery-backed, electronically-controlled power system. The vehicle incorporates measurements from GPS, a 6DOF inertial measurement unit, and wheel speed for pose estimation.
While the vehicle is in motion, the environment is perceived through four laser range finders, a radar system, a stereo camera pair, and a monocular vision system. All sensors acquire environment data at rates between 10 and 100 Hertz. Map and pose information are incorporated at 10 Hz.

publiusr · 2005-10-13 10:17:05

In otherwords, it takes less computer brain for a Tomahawk to fly the course than for that thing to drive it.

Grypd · 2005-10-13 15:02:37

of course dont see no potholes up there, flyings easy for a robot the variables are so simple.

noosfractal · 2005-10-13 15:09:11

How long do you think before these things are street legal?

Grypd · 2005-10-13 17:24:02

They already are, look at your licence it does not say a Robot cannot drive and as such under the law as they are not legislated against then they must be legal.

noosfractal · 2005-10-16 03:50:09

Okay then, how long do you think before the first truck driver's strike demanding a ban on 18-wheeled robots?
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