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The DARPA Urban Challenge required robotic vehicles to travel over 90km through an urban environment without human intervention and included situations such as stop intersections, traffic merges, parking, and road blocks. Team VictorTango separated the problem into three parts: base vehicle, perception, and planning. A Ford Escape outfitted with a custom drive-by-wire system and computers formed the basis for Odin. Perception used laser scanners, GPS, and a priori knowledge to identify obstacles, cars, and roads. Planning relied on a hybrid deliberative/reactive architecture to analyze the situation, select the appropriate behavior, and plan a safe path. All vehicle modules communicated using the JAUS standard. The performance of these components in the Urban Challenge is discussed and successes noted. The result of VictorTango’s work was successful completion of the Urban Challenge and a third place finish.
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Reinholtz, C. et al. (2009). Odin: Team VictorTango’s Entry in the DARPA Urban Challenge. In: Buehler, M., Iagnemma, K., Singh, S. (eds) The DARPA Urban Challenge. Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics, vol 56. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03991-1_4
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