Street smarts for boss: Behavioral subsystem engineering for the urban challenge

IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 78-87

  Baker, Christopher R ^a   Dolan, John M ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CMU's Robotics Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Boss; Robot behaviors; Software architecture; Tartan racing; Urban challenge

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS BEHAVIORS; AUTONOMOUS-VEHICLE COMPETITIONS; BOSS; DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCIES; MOVING VEHICLES; PARKING LOTS; ROAD RULES; ROBOT BEHAVIORS; ROUGH TERRAINS; SUBSYSTEM ENGINEERINGS; TARTAN RACING; URBAN CHALLENGE; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS;

COMPETITION; INTERSECTIONS; NAVIGATION; RACING AUTOMOBILES; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 64049095837     PISSN: 10709932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MRA.2008.931629     Document Type: Article

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