1986First Robot Cars Built

The team of Ernst Dickmanns at Bundeswehr University of Muni...
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🦾 Edinburgh Builds Freddy Robot

The Assembly Robotics Group at University of Edinburgh builds Freddy Robot, capable of using Visual perception to locate and assemble models. (See Edinburgh Freddy Assembly Robot: a versatile computer-controlled assembly system.)
Edinburgh Builds Freddy Robot (1973)
RoboticsComputer VisionAssemblyFreddy RobotEdinburghEarly Robotics
UKUK

🚗 First Robot Cars Built

The team of Ernst Dickmanns at Bundeswehr University of Munich builds the first robot cars, driving up to 55 mph on empty streets.
First Robot Cars Built (1986)
Autonomous VehiclesRoboticsSelf-Driving CarsComputer VisionErnst DickmannsBundeswehr UniversityEarly Robotics
GermanyGermany

🚗 VaMP and VITA-2 Autonomous Driving on Highway

With passengers on board, the twin robot cars VaMP and VITA-2 of Ernst Dickmanns and Daimler-Benz drive more than one thousand kilometers on a Paris three-lane highway in standard heavy traffic at speeds up to 130 km/h. They demonstrate autonomous driving in free lanes, convoy driving, and lane changes left and right with autonomous passing of other cars.
VaMP and VITA-2 Autonomous Driving on Highway (1994)
Autonomous DrivingSelf-Driving CarsComputer VisionDaimler-Benz1990sErnst Dickmanns
FranceFrance

🇩🇪 Autonomous Driving: Munich to Copenhagen and Back

One of Ernst Dickmanns' robot cars (with robot-controlled throttle and brakes) drove more than 1000 miles from Munich to Copenhagen and back, in traffic, at up to 120 mph, occasionally executing maneuvers to pass other cars (only in a few critical situations a safety driver took over). Active vision was used to deal with rapidly changing street scenes.
Autonomous Driving: Munich to Copenhagen and Back (1995)
Autonomous DrivingSelf-Driving CarsComputer VisionErnst Dickmanns1990s
GermanyGermanyDenmarkDenmark

🚗 DARPA Urban Challenge for Autonomous Cars Launched

DARPA launches the Urban Challenge for Autonomous cars to obey traffic rules and operate in an urban environment.
DARPA Urban Challenge for Autonomous Cars Launched (2007)
Autonomous VehiclesDARPARoboticsUrban EnvironmentSelf-Driving CarsComputer Vision
United StatesUnited States

🚘 Google Builds an Autonomous Car

Google builds an autonomous car.
Google Builds an Autonomous Car (2009)
Autonomous VehiclesGoogleSelf-Driving CarsComputer VisionRoboticsMachine Learning
United StatesUnited States