2009 ⟶ Google Builds an Autonomous Car

Google builds an autonomous car.
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🚗 Stanford Cart Achieves Autonomy

The Stanford Cart, built by Hans Moravec, becomes the first computer-controlled, autonomous vehicle when it successfully traverses a chair-filled room and circumnavigates the Stanford AI Lab.⟶
Stanford Cart Achieves Autonomy (1979)
Autonomous VehiclesRoboticsComputer VisionStanford CartHans MoravecStanford University
USAUSA

🚗 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

🚗 Creation of ALVINN: An Autonomous Land Vehicle in a Neural Network

Dean Pomerleau at CMU creates ALVINN (An Autonomous Land Vehicle in a Neural Network), which was used in the Navlab program.⟶
Autonomous VehiclesNeural NetworksALVINNNavlabMachine LearningPomerleauSelf-Driving Cars
USAUSA

🚗 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

🔍 Google Lens Image Analysis Tool Released

Google Lens image analysis and comparison tool released in October 2017, associates millions of landscapes, artworks, products and species to their text description.⟶
Google Lens Image Analysis Tool Released (2017)
GoogleImage RecognitionComputer VisionMachine LearningObject RecognitionGoogle LensAI Applications
United StatesUnited States