Development of an Automotive Ground Vehicle Platform for Autonomous Urban Operations

Autonomous ground vehicle operations, such as those found in the 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge, require a reliable and capable vehicle platform. To meet this requirement, an autonomous ground vehicle platform based on a 2005 Ford Escape Hybrid was developed for operations in urban environments. The veh...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Currier, Patrick N.
Other Authors: Mechanical Engineering
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/32385
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05082008-110806/