The 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge: The Great Robot Race (Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics, 36)

At the dawn of the new millennium, robotics is undergoing a major transformation in scope and dimension. From a largely dominant industrial focus, robotics is rapidly expanding into the challenges of unstructured environments. Interacting with, assi- ing, serving, and exploring with humans, the emerging robots will increasingly touch people and their lives. The goal of the new series of Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics (STAR) is to bring, in a timely fashion, the latest advances and developments in robotics on the basis of their significance and quality. It is our hope that the wider dissemination of research developments will stimulate more exchanges and collaborations among the research community and contribute to further advancement of this rapidly growing field. The volume edited by Martin Buehler, Karl Iagnemma and Sanjiv Singh presents a unique and extensive collection of the scientific results by the teams which took part into the DARPA Grand Challenge in October 2005 in the Nevada desert. This event reached an incredible peak of popularity in the media, the race of the century like someone called it! The Grand Challenge demonstrated the fast growing progress - ward the development of robotics technology, as it showed the feasibility of using mobile robots operating autonomously in real world scenarios.

the Darpa Grand Challenge Was A Landmark In The Field Of Robotics: A Race By Autonomous Vehicles Through 132 Miles Of Rough, Cross-country Nevada Terrain That Showcased Exciting And Unprecedented Capabilities In Robotic Perception, Navigation, And Control. The Event Took Place In October 2005, And Drew Teams Of Competitors From Academia And Industry, And Many Garage Hobbyists. This Book Presents Fifteen Technical Papers That Are Written At A Level That Makes Them Easily Accessible To A Broad Technical Audience, Describing The Technology Behind Most Of The Robotic Vehicles That Participated In This Famous Race. The Papers Describe Each Team's Driverless Vehicle, Race Strategy, And Insights. As A Whole, They Present The State Of The Art In Autonomous Vehicle Technology, And Offer A Glimpse Of Future Technology For Tomorrow’s Driverless Cars.

this Book Will Serve As An Authoritative, Archival Source For The Darpa Grand Challenge And A “must Have” For Robotics Students And Researchers, Since It Describes The State Of The Art In Perception, Planning And Control.

The Darpa Grand Challenge Was A Landmark In The Field Of Robotics: A Race By Autonomous Vehicles Through 132 Miles Of Rough Nevada Terrain. It Showcased Exciting And Unprecedented Capabilities In Robotic Perception, Navigation, And Control. The Event Took Place In October 2005 And Drew Teams Of Competitors From Academia And Industry, As Well As Many Garage Hobbyists. This Book Presents Fifteen Technical Papers That Describe Each Team's Driverless Vehicle, Race Strategy, And Insights. As A Whole, They Present The State Of The Art In Autonomous Vehicle Technology And Offer A Glimpse Of Future Technology For Tomorrow’s Driverless Cars.