The DARPA grand challenge: Overview of the Virginia tech vehicle and experience

IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Proceedings, ITSC

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 481-486

  Bacha, Andrew ^a   Reinholtz, Charles ^a   Wicks, Al ^a   Fleming, Michael ^a   Naik, Ankur ^a   Avitabile, Michael ^a   Elder, Nicholas ^a  

^a State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAKE ACTUATION; ROUTE DEFINITION DATA FILES (RDDF); STEERING ACTUATION; THROTTLE ACTUATION;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACTUATORS; CABLES; CONTROL SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; GEARS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; SENSORS;

GROUND VEHICLES;

EID: 13344280961     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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