Ebook: Intelligent Unmanned Ground Vehicles: Autonomous Navigation Research at Carnegie Mellon

Intelligent Unmanned Ground Vehicles describes the technology developed and the results obtained by the Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute in the course of the DARPA Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) project. The goal of this work was to equip off-road vehicles with computer-controlled, unmanned driving capabilities. The book describes contributions in the area of mobility for UGVs including: tools for assembling complex autonomous mobility systems; on-road and off-road navigation; sensing techniques; and route planning algorithms. In addition to basic mobility technology, the book covers a number of integrated systems demonstrated in the field in realistic scenarios. The approaches presented in this book can be applied to a wide range of mobile robotics applications, from automated passenger cars to planetary exploration, and construction and agricultural machines.
Intelligent Unmanned Ground Vehicles shows the progress that was achieved during this program, from brittle specially-built robots operating under highly constrained conditions, to groups of modified commercial vehicles operating in tough environments. One measure of progress is how much of this technology is being used in other applications. For example, much of the work in road-following, architectures and obstacle detection has been the basis for the Automated Highway Systems (AHS) prototypes currently under development. AHS will lead to commercial prototypes within a few years. The cross-country technology is also being used in the development of planetary rovers with a projected launch date within a few years. The architectural tools built under this program have been used in numerous applications, from an automated harvester to an autonomous excavator.
The results reported in this work provide tools for further research development leading to practical, reliable and economical mobile robots.

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Intelligent Unmanned Ground Vehicles describes the technology developed and the results obtained by the Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute in the course of the DARPA Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) project. The goal of this work was to equip off-road vehicles with computer-controlled, unmanned driving capabilities. The book describes contributions in the area of mobility for UGVs including: tools for assembling complex autonomous mobility systems; on-road and off-road navigation; sensing techniques; and route planning algorithms. In addition to basic mobility technology, the book covers a number of integrated systems demonstrated in the field in realistic scenarios. The approaches presented in this book can be applied to a wide range of mobile robotics applications, from automated passenger cars to planetary exploration, and construction and agricultural machines.
Intelligent Unmanned Ground Vehicles shows the progress that was achieved during this program, from brittle specially-built robots operating under highly constrained conditions, to groups of modified commercial vehicles operating in tough environments. One measure of progress is how much of this technology is being used in other applications. For example, much of the work in road-following, architectures and obstacle detection has been the basis for the Automated Highway Systems (AHS) prototypes currently under development. AHS will lead to commercial prototypes within a few years. The cross-country technology is also being used in the development of planetary rovers with a projected launch date within a few years. The architectural tools built under this program have been used in numerous applications, from an automated harvester to an autonomous excavator.
The results reported in this work provide tools for further research development leading to practical, reliable and economical mobile robots.

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Intelligent Unmanned Ground Vehicles describes the technology developed and the results obtained by the Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute in the course of the DARPA Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) project. The goal of this work was to equip off-road vehicles with computer-controlled, unmanned driving capabilities. The book describes contributions in the area of mobility for UGVs including: tools for assembling complex autonomous mobility systems; on-road and off-road navigation; sensing techniques; and route planning algorithms. In addition to basic mobility technology, the book covers a number of integrated systems demonstrated in the field in realistic scenarios. The approaches presented in this book can be applied to a wide range of mobile robotics applications, from automated passenger cars to planetary exploration, and construction and agricultural machines.
Intelligent Unmanned Ground Vehicles shows the progress that was achieved during this program, from brittle specially-built robots operating under highly constrained conditions, to groups of modified commercial vehicles operating in tough environments. One measure of progress is how much of this technology is being used in other applications. For example, much of the work in road-following, architectures and obstacle detection has been the basis for the Automated Highway Systems (AHS) prototypes currently under development. AHS will lead to commercial prototypes within a few years. The cross-country technology is also being used in the development of planetary rovers with a projected launch date within a few years. The architectural tools built under this program have been used in numerous applications, from an automated harvester to an autonomous excavator.
The results reported in this work provide tools for further research development leading to practical, reliable and economical mobile robots.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Introduction....Pages 1-17
A Behavior-based Architecture for Mobile Navigation....Pages 19-32
SAUSAGES: Between Planning and Action....Pages 33-52
Neural Network Vision for Robot Driving....Pages 53-72
Vision-Based Neural Network Road and Intersection Detection....Pages 73-86
SMARTY: Point-Based Range Processing for Autonomous Driving....Pages 87-103
RANGER: Feedforward Control Approach to Autonomous Navigation....Pages 105-144
Sensor Fusion For Autonomous Navigation Using Neural Networks....Pages 145-157
Sonar-Based Outdoor Vehicle Navigation....Pages 159-185
STRIPE: Low-Bandwidth and High-Latency Teleoperation....Pages 187-202
Optimal and Efficient Path Planning for Partially Known Environments....Pages 203-220
Dynamic Mission Planning for Multiple Mobile Robots....Pages 221-234
Integrating Position Estimation and Perception for Navigation....Pages 235-257
An Integrated System for Autonomous Off-Road Navigation....Pages 259-275
A Navigation System for Goal Acquisition in Unknown Environments....Pages 277-306
Back Matter....Pages 307-309

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Intelligent Unmanned Ground Vehicles describes the technology developed and the results obtained by the Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute in the course of the DARPA Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) project. The goal of this work was to equip off-road vehicles with computer-controlled, unmanned driving capabilities. The book describes contributions in the area of mobility for UGVs including: tools for assembling complex autonomous mobility systems; on-road and off-road navigation; sensing techniques; and route planning algorithms. In addition to basic mobility technology, the book covers a number of integrated systems demonstrated in the field in realistic scenarios. The approaches presented in this book can be applied to a wide range of mobile robotics applications, from automated passenger cars to planetary exploration, and construction and agricultural machines.
Intelligent Unmanned Ground Vehicles shows the progress that was achieved during this program, from brittle specially-built robots operating under highly constrained conditions, to groups of modified commercial vehicles operating in tough environments. One measure of progress is how much of this technology is being used in other applications. For example, much of the work in road-following, architectures and obstacle detection has been the basis for the Automated Highway Systems (AHS) prototypes currently under development. AHS will lead to commercial prototypes within a few years. The cross-country technology is also being used in the development of planetary rovers with a projected launch date within a few years. The architectural tools built under this program have been used in numerous applications, from an automated harvester to an autonomous excavator.
The results reported in this work provide tools for further research development leading to practical, reliable and economical mobile robots.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Introduction....Pages 1-17
A Behavior-based Architecture for Mobile Navigation....Pages 19-32
SAUSAGES: Between Planning and Action....Pages 33-52
Neural Network Vision for Robot Driving....Pages 53-72
Vision-Based Neural Network Road and Intersection Detection....Pages 73-86
SMARTY: Point-Based Range Processing for Autonomous Driving....Pages 87-103
RANGER: Feedforward Control Approach to Autonomous Navigation....Pages 105-144
Sensor Fusion For Autonomous Navigation Using Neural Networks....Pages 145-157
Sonar-Based Outdoor Vehicle Navigation....Pages 159-185
STRIPE: Low-Bandwidth and High-Latency Teleoperation....Pages 187-202
Optimal and Efficient Path Planning for Partially Known Environments....Pages 203-220
Dynamic Mission Planning for Multiple Mobile Robots....Pages 221-234
Integrating Position Estimation and Perception for Navigation....Pages 235-257
An Integrated System for Autonomous Off-Road Navigation....Pages 259-275
A Navigation System for Goal Acquisition in Unknown Environments....Pages 277-306
Back Matter....Pages 307-309
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