Autonomous Ground Vehicle Navigation
Net-Scale has been involved in several autonomous ground vehicle projects and is currently a performer in the DARPA LAGR program (Learning, Applied to Ground Robots), in partnership with New York University. Our team has successfully implemented and field tested a new approach to navigation based on machine learning and the separation of tactical from strategic planning.
Find out more about the project at our project home page.
An experimental test model vehicle built by Net-Scale. The vehicle was nicknamed DAVE (DARPA Autonomous Vehicle) and was successfully used to test end-to-end learning for obstacle avoidance.
See an example video clip (MPEG, 9.2 MByte) filmed through the vehicle's stereo camera set. Download the technical project report (PDF format, 3.1 MByte).