Commercial application of integrated robotic vehicle drivers and guidance systems for autonomous vehicles

Chase H. Kenyon

doi:10.1117/12.198927

6 January 1995 Commercial application of integrated robotic vehicle drivers and guidance systems for autonomous vehicles

Chase H. Kenyon

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Proceedings Volume 2344, Intelligent Vehicle Highway Systems; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.198927
Event: Photonics for Industrial Applications, 1994, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

While there is a lot of recent development in the entire IVHS field, very few have had the opportunity to combine the many areas of development into a single integrated `intelligent' vehicle. This is the story of a currently deployed, commercially developed and sold, integrated autonomous automobile. This system was developed specifically to serve a major automobile manufacturer's need for an automated vehicle chassis durability test facility. Due to the severity of the road surface human drivers could not be used. A totally automated robotic vehicle driver and guidance system was necessary. The goals of the project were to create a combination of robotic vehicle driver systems and a base traffic control system, that was capable of testing up to 20 vehicles at a time on a 1.3 mile oval test track at speeds up to 50 MPH or greater. As a fixed price commercial project, system and component costs were of paramount importance. As a result, the greater part of the design effort was not technology development, but evaluation, modification, and integration of proven, existing technology in new and often novel ways.

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Chase H. Kenyon "Commercial application of integrated robotic vehicle drivers and guidance systems for autonomous vehicles", Proc. SPIE 2344, Intelligent Vehicle Highway Systems, (6 January 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.198927

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