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Both the autonomous mining trucks [1] and the automated military convoy run on software developed by NREC [2] (a part of the Robotics Institute at CMU), and I h
by Game_Ender 13y ago
Both the autonomous mining trucks [1] and the automated military convoy run on software developed by NREC [2] (a part of the Robotics Institute at CMU), and I have worked on both. It's a very cool place to work and we are hiring. If you have any questions about what it's like to work on these kind of systems ask away.
1 - http://www.rec.ri.cmu.edu/projects/ahs/ http://www.rec.ri.cmu.edu/projects/ahs/
2 - http://www.rec.ri.cmu.edu/projects/cargo/ http://www.rec.ri.cmu.edu/projects/cargo/
- omtaly 13y agoAh, I would love to work on such projects. What is a real barrier for me that most of these jobs require US citizenship or permanent residency, which I don't have the luck to show. I do understand that these are strict requirements because of the export control laws. Since you are in the industry you might know if there is any place where you can work on autonomous vehicles without being a US citizen. Maybe somewhere where they work on civilian applications? Or a comparable lab/company in europe?
- Game_Ender 13y agoOne of the advantages of an academic institution like CMU (which NREC is part of) is that they actually have a good deal of commercial work which doesn't require US citizenship. For example the robotic mining project is shown here is not export controlled, and neither are the agricultural projects [1]. 1 - http://www.rec.ri.cmu.edu/projects/usda/ http://www.rec.ri.cmu.edu/projects/usda/
- Qworg 13y agoAs someone who also worked on AHS, did Komatsu join in, or is it still just CAT?
- Game_Ender 13y agoSo it looks like Rio Tinto is using Komatsu's system and BHP Billiton is using Caterpillar's. To my knowledge NREC only works on Caterpillar's system, it's just a coincidence the systems have the same name.