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Back in 1987, Carnegie Mellon already had robotic vans [1] trying to drive around the campus. They were slow-moving, so students had ample time to cross the roa
by mkempe 12y ago
Back in 1987, Carnegie Mellon already had robotic vans [1] trying to drive around the campus. They were slow-moving, so students had ample time to cross the road as they approached. I probably have a picture in a box, somewhere. As I recall a major issue was how to stay on the road. [2]
[1] https://www.ri.cmu.edu/pub_files/pub2/thorpe_charles_1988_1/thorpe_charles_1988_1.pdf https://www.ri.cmu.edu/pub_files/pub2/thorpe_charles_1988_1/...
[2] https://www.ri.cmu.edu/pub_files/pub3/thorpe_charles_1988_1/thorpe_charles_1988_1.pdf https://www.ri.cmu.edu/pub_files/pub3/thorpe_charles_1988_1/...
- Animats 12y agoI was in the Navlab once. It had a crew of five - a driver, an operator, and three people in the back at rack-mounted workstations. They had to convert the thing to hydraulic motor drive so it could drive slowly enough. Their LIDAR was very advanced. They had a 2-axis scanning LIDAR, with one rotating and one nodding mirror. So they had full 3D depth images. Most of the DARPA Grand Challenge vehicles only had line scanners.