CU Team to Build a Self-Driving Car for City Streets

User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 13 vote(s)

Bristling with video cameras and other sensors Cornells entry in the 2006 DARPA Challenge was prepared to navigate 132 miles of rugged outdoor terrain without human assistance. For the DARPA Urban Challenge in 2007 the goal is to build a vehicle that ...
Bristling with video cameras and other sensors, Cornell's entry in the 2006 DARPA Challenge was prepared to navigate 132 miles of rugged outdoor terrain without human assistance. For the DARPA Urban Challenge in 2007, the goal is to build a vehicle that can drive itself on city streets. Credit: Cornell DARPA Challenge team

Last year, the goal was to build a vehicle that could drive itself, without human intervention, across 132 miles of desert with unpaved roads, ditches, berms, sandy ground, standing water, rocks and boulders, narrow underpasses, construction equipment, concrete safety rails, power line towers, barbed wire fences and cattle guards. Compared with this year, that was a piece of cake.


Full story »
All News summaries from Electronic Devices news
All News summaries for October 06, 2006

Pinnacle Unveils Compact USB Digital HDTV Tuner

2 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet
Just in time for the Fall Season TV line up, Pinnacle has introduce their new ultra-compact HDTV tuner with some features found in DVR's. With Pinnacle´s HDTV Stick you can also pause live TV and record shows ...

Chinese don't wait for Apple launch to get iPhone

Sep 07, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet
In scenes reminiscent of a generation ago, Chinese are tapping friends and relatives travelling abroad to bring back electronic devices that are unavailable in China. The irony is the object they desire is made in China and ...

StellarWindow turns your laptop into a virtual planetarium

Sep 05, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet
If you enjoy looking at the stars, but get a little impatient trying to figure out which way to hold your star map to identify the constellations, a new software program may make things easier. Called StellarWindow, ...

Russia's MTS to sell Apple iPhone

Sep 05, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet
(AP) -- Russia's number one cell operator MTS said Friday it has signed a deal with Apple Inc. to sell the iPhone in Russia.

Verizon's G'zOne Boulder cell phone is military tough

Sep 04, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet
For all the convenience and security they offer, it doesn't take much to fry a cell phone. Ever bend over to refill Fido's bowl and have your phone tumble out of your pocket and into the water? Or leave it ...
Goto Archive PhysOrg Forum Goto Archive Video Goto Archive Editorials Goto Archive Free Magazines Goto Archive Newsletter

News Archive