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Road Rage . Jacob Quist Shigenori Mikuriya Ken Dean. Road Rage. Road Rage . Jacob Quist Shigenori Mikuriya Ken Dean. Overview. Darpa Urban Challenge (DUC) in December 2007 Autonomous Vehicle in Urban Environments We are building the Cognition System
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Road Rage Jacob Quist Shigenori Mikuriya Ken Dean Overview Darpa Urban Challenge (DUC) in December 2007 Autonomous Vehicle in Urban Environments We are building the Cognition System We input signals from Perception, then output controls to the vehicle
Road Rage Jacob Quist Shigenori Mikuriya Ken Dean The Market Not really a big market yet, but maybe soon. Competition: 2005 Grand Challenge Participants Our Difference: We handle urban environments.
Road Rage Jacob Quist Shigenori Mikuriya Ken Dean The Market Why is our system needed? Battlefield Convoys Save Lives Civic Services Ease Burdon of Humans (e.g. Doing work nobody wants to do) Emergency Services
Road Rage Jacob Quist Shigenori Mikuriya Ken Dean Customers Our customers are not your typical customers Governments Large organizations
Road Rage Jacob Quist Shigenori Mikuriya Ken Dean Customer: Government • Military Requires 30% of Vehicles be Autonomous by 2015 • Save Lives on Battlefield • Save Money • (example: Contract Truck Drivers in Iraq Cost ~$400/day)
Road Rage Jacob Quist Shigenori Mikuriya Ken Dean Customer: Government • Additionally, Technology can be applied to other aspects: • NASA Vehicles • Underground Vehicles • Submarines • (etc)
Road Rage Jacob Quist Shigenori Mikuriya Ken Dean Customer: Large organizations • Car Manufacturers • Create Vehicles that Help Drive • Emergencies • (Women giving birth, etc) • Collision Avoidance • (Somebody has heart attack while driving)
Road Rage Jacob Quist Shigenori Mikuriya Ken Dean System Architecture: Mission & Map World State Scheduler Perception Executive Vehicle State Real Time Controller Vehicle Control Interface Vehicle