MITRE Meteor: An off-road autonomous vehicle for DARPA's Grand Challenge

نویسندگان

  • Robert J. Grabowski
  • Richard M. Weatherly
  • Robert H. Bolling
  • David Seidel
  • Michael Shadid
  • Ann Jones
چکیده

The MITRE Meteor team fielded an autonomous vehicle that competed in DARPA’s 2005 Grand Challenge race. This paper describes the team’s approach to building its robotic vehicle, the vehicle and components that let the vehicle see and act, and the computer software that made the vehicle autonomous. It presents how the team prepared for the race and how their vehicle performed.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • J. Field Robotics

دوره 23  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2006