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Little known fact: one of the first self driving cars was a 'Humvee' (real name HMMWV) which was equipped by DARPA with cameras and could navigate a road with n
by jonbarker 9y ago
Little known fact: one of the first self driving cars was a 'Humvee' (real name HMMWV) which was equipped by DARPA with cameras and could navigate a road with no other vehicles, and go straight through a 4 way intersection after stopping (again, no other vehicles). This was in the mid 1990s. Would love a link to this project if anyone has it.
- nicpottier 9y agoAs I recall this was out of CMU. I also recall that they got smoked by Stanford in the actual Darpa challenges, which was slightly surprising given their head start. I seem to recall Stanford used a far less intimidating VW SUV instead of a giant Humvee.
- lsaferite 9y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DARPA_Grand_Challenge#2005_Grand_Challenge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DARPA_Grand_Challenge#2005_Gra... http://velodynelidar.com/blog/it-began-with-a-race/ http://velodynelidar.com/blog/it-began-with-a-race/
- jonbarker 9y agoThese are cool but the footage I recall seeing was clearly from the 1990s and lifted from VHS tape.