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My internship at Daimler-Benz used Inmos transputers in the vision system and control system for a completely autonomous vehicle project. I've written a few co

• GregarianChild 3y ago
  Did you work with Ernst Dickmanns or his students on self-driving cars @ Daimler, they were (arguably) the first?
  • sokoloff 3y ago
    Yes. My direct boss was Andreas Kuehnle. Ernst Dickmanns was my boss's boss (or maybe my boss's boss's boss). I met him during one of our vehicle demonstrations and presented my final intern project review to a panel that included him. He may have also been the higher-up boss that our system threw to the ground during a false-positive emergency braking event as described here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10333126 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10333126
• klelatti 3y ago
  That's great - thanks for sharing!