Achieving autonomous navigation in ground robotic vehicles

Lawrence D. Jackel; Scott Fish; Eric P. Krotkov; Michael R. Perschbacher; James Pippine

doi:10.1117/12.580862

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29 December 2004 Achieving autonomous navigation in ground robotic vehicles

Lawrence D. Jackel, Scott Fish, Eric P. Krotkov, Michael R. Perschbacher, James Pippine

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Proceedings Volume 5609, Mobile Robots XVII; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.580862
Event: Optics East, 2004, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Abstract

A long-held dream for robotics researchers is the creation of vehicles that can move to a goal without human supervision, adapting as required to changing circumstances. While today’s ground robots are still far from achieving such complete autonomy, substantial progress has been attained. In this paper we describe the state-of-the-art in autonomous ground vehicle navigation as observed in the recently completed DARPA PerceptOR program, and we suggest new research directions where we see opportunities for leaps in performance.

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Lawrence D. Jackel, Scott Fish, Eric P. Krotkov, Michael R. Perschbacher, and James Pippine "Achieving autonomous navigation in ground robotic vehicles", Proc. SPIE 5609, Mobile Robots XVII, (29 December 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.580862

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