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Article: Velodyne Lidar Tops Winning Urban Challenge Vehicles.
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- Business Wire
- Article date:
- November 7, 2007
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MORGAN HILL, Calif. -- The Velodyne HDL-64E High Definition Lidar sensor was used by five out of six of the finishing teams at the 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge, including the winning and second place teams. Tartan Racing Team from Carnegie Mellon University won the event with Boss, a fully autonomous Chevy Tahoe that navigated through a network of roads set up to simulate the type of terrain encountered by U.S. military forces deployed overseas. Boss covered 60 miles under simulated urban driving conditions, all the while obeying traffic laws and avoiding obstacles, with the best time and fewest errors.
"The Velodyne sensor is a revolutionary device and it was ...