Title :
Toward autonomous driving: the CMU Navlab. II. Architecture and systems
Author :
Thorpe, Charles ; Herbert, M. ; Kanade, Takeo ; Shafter, S.
Author_Institution :
Robotics Inst., Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Abstract :
For pt.1 see ibid., p.31-42 (1991). A description is given of EDDIE, the architecture for the Navlab mobile robot which provides a toolkit for building specific systems quickly and easily. Included in the discussion are the annotated maps used by EDDIE and the Navlab´s road-following system, called the Autonomous Mail Vehicle, which was built using EDDIE and its annotated maps as a basis. The contributions of the Navlab project and the lessons learned from it are examined.<>
Keywords :
cartography; computerised navigation; military computing; mobile robots; software tools; Autonomous Mail Vehicle; EDDIE; Navlab mobile robot; annotated maps; autonomous driving; road-following system; software tools; Control systems; Meeting planning; Mobile robots; Operating systems; Robot control; Robot sensing systems; Robotic assembly; Sun; Uncertainty; Vehicles;
Journal_Title :
IEEE Expert
