Brains, Bots and Bodies

SciVestor Executive Director Jonas Lamis narrates the Autonomous Vehicle Roadmap that was presented at RoboBusiness 2008. This presentation is based in part on Robot Central’s observations, research, and opinions of emergent technologies from the DARPA Grand Challenge series of competitions. It highlights progress and challenges in the technologies necessary to facilitate civilian [...]

In what seems to be a recurring theme among DARPA Urban Challengers, these guys have greater ambitions than winning the race. “The goal was to be a strong performer, not necessarily win,” Chris Yakes, Director of the Advanced Products Group for Oshkosh, said.
Yakes explained that his team is developing an autonomous system in kit [...]