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Robots & the Route 66 of the Future
Tony HirstComputing and Communications Dept.
The Open University
Autonomous Vehicles and Robot Cars
US Department of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Grand Challenge
2004 - driverless vehicle
- 150 mile test route, without human intervention
The best performing vehicle managed to travel less than eight miles…
DARPA Challenge Redux…O
ctob
er, 2
005
- 132 mile test route- off-road
Five driverless vehicles completed the route successfully…
DARPA Challenge Part III…N
ovem
ber,
2007
- 60 mile course- urban road conditions- California state driving laws
Vehicles from six teams completed the course within the six hour time limit…
Into the wild…20
10 - Google self-driving car project
Into the wild…To
day
- Increasing numbers of US states passing laws allowing the testing of autonomous vehicles
Robot or not?
Robotic Car Parks & Dark Warehouses
Puzz
ling
Stor
age
Mob
ile s
helv
ing…
Is the future of logistics
robotic?
Mor
e on
Ope
nLea
rn