The team of Stanford University engineers that won $2 million in a Pentagon sponsored robot car contest in 2005 unveiled its next-generation vehicle that will maneuver in traffic without a human driver. The computer-packed Volkswagen Passat station wagon will compete this fall in a 60-mile timed race that is intended to challenge a robot vehicle?s ability, not only to follow a course and perform simulated military missions but to do it in urban traffic.American Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, has invited 53 teams to participate in the event, to be called Urban Challenge. The test was on an artificial course about the size of a small city block, and included a simulation of a four-way intersection.
The robot car, which the Stanford team calls Junior, was limited to a speed of no more than 15 miles an hour by agency officials. It was required to pass four tests, including stopping at an intersection and waiting for other vehicles before proceeding. After completing all of the required tests, the vehicle, which bristled with eight laser range finders, was able to ace the failed test of passing a stationary car immediately after an intersection.
The robot car, which the Stanford team calls Junior, was limited to a speed of no more than 15 miles an hour by agency officials. It was required to pass four tests, including stopping at an intersection and waiting for other vehicles before proceeding. After completing all of the required tests, the vehicle, which bristled with eight laser range finders, was able to ace the failed test of passing a stationary car immediately after an intersection.
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