Passat TDI To Enter DARPA Grand Challenge
Posted 30th October, 2006 in Volkswagen | Leave a comment
Ibeos are to enter a team in the DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) Urban Challenge 2007. Team-LUX’s weapon of choice, will be a 2.0L Passat TDI for the event.
The object of the challenge is to create an autonomous vehicle that can navigate a 60-mile simulated urban driving course in less than six hours.
Ibeo is a specialist in Advanced Driver Assistance Systems and is deeply involved in cutting edge European ADAS projects. Currently Ibeo operates 4 test vehicles (3 passenger cars and 1 truck), two of which are equipped for autonomous driving.
The race vehicle is a standard VW Passat 2.0 TDI, equipped with 3 laserscanners for 360° perception around the vehicle. No other sensors of any type are required! To take one step beyond the usual research vehicles, the LUX car is near-production in appearance, mostly without visible extensions such as sensors, antennas or processing systems.
[Source: Team LUX]
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