7.15.2005
Robot drives 200 miles
Carnegie Mellon's Sandstorm robot makes unprecedented 200-mile autonomous run
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- Carnegie Mellon University's autonomous robotic HUMMER Sandstorm drove an unprecedented 200 miles in seven hours without human guidance last week in preparation for the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge, a 175-mile driverless desert race with a $2 million winner-take-all prize.
Sandstorm uses sensors to "see" and computers to "drive." It drove 131 laps on the 1.5-mile racecourse at the BeaveRun MotorSports Complex near Pittsburgh, Pa., on July 4. The drive was an endurance evaluation for the robot's computers, sensors and mechanical systems. The machine averaged 28 miles per hour and hit a top speed of 36 miles per hour to complete its 7-hour, 200-mile marathon.
"That doesn't sound like a big deal for a human-driven car, but it is a very big deal for the pioneering of computer-driven vehicles," said Red Team leader, Robotics Professor William L. "Red" Whittaker. "That distance, speed and duration are unprecedented for a completely autonomous machine. However, this machine and 19 others will face far more difficult conditions in the October 8 race across the Mojave Desert.
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If this can even make it half way I'll be thoroughly impressed. As I recall no one made it pass 8 miles last time.
I wonder if Hans Moravec was involved at all. He does work at Carnegie Mellon, and his computer vision research seems relevant.
I wonder if Hans Moravec was involved at all. He does work at Carnegie Mellon, and his computer vision research seems relevant.
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: 9:48 AM, July 17, 2005
: 9:48 AM, July 17, 2005
Big deal! It didn't 'drive' 200 miles -- it 'drove' 1.5 miles 131 times. This was more an 'endurance' test than a 'guidance' test. After completing the first lap, the on-board computer had enough sequential directional data to establish a precisely repeatable pattern without further external input -- that's why the real test is overland: every second a new test over new terrain. -- blzbob
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