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Applications of Computer Vision to Vehicles: An Extreme Test

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Part of the book series: Studies in Computational Intelligence ((SCI,volume 411))

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VisLab has been pioneering the world of autonomous driving since its early years; in 1998 VisLab organized one of the most innovative experiments for that period: a passenger car was equipped with sensing and actuation devices and was tested with autonomous steering along a 2000+ km on Italian highways [5].

VisLab then contiuned its efforts within this very promising research domain; it partnered with different companies and implemented the perception system of TerraMax, the largest entry in the DARPA Grand Challenge. In 2005 TerraMax was one of only 5 vehicles to successdully finish the race: about 220 km in autonomous mode along the Mohave desert in Nevada [4].

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    Alberto Broggi, Stefano Cattani, Paolo Medici & Paolo Zani

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Broggi, A., Cattani, S., Medici, P., Zani, P. (2013). Applications of Computer Vision to Vehicles: An Extreme Test. In: Cipolla, R., Battiato, S., Farinella, G. (eds) Machine Learning for Computer Vision. Studies in Computational Intelligence, vol 411. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28661-2_9

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