SENSOR SUPPORT FOR THE DARPA AUTONOMOUS LAND VEHICLE PROGRAM

Final report on vision-sensor support for the DARPA Autonomous Land Vehicle (ALV) program. ERIM fabricated three laser-ranging sensors (0.82 micron) for the program and one active multispectral ranging (MS) sensor. This report describes the sensors and support provided to the ALV contractors receiving the sensors during the period July 1982 through August 1987. The MS sensor was given only limited laboratory testing and never adapted to the autonomous vehicle. The report also discusses on-going research related to diode-pumped lasers.

• Corporate Authors:

  Environmental Research Institute of Michigan

  P.O. Box 8618
  Ann Arbor, MI  United States  48107
• Authors:
  • Gleichman, K
  • HARMON, L
  • Miciek, T
  • Miller, C
  • Zuk, D
• Publication Date: 1988-10

Media Info

• Pagination: 74 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Autonomous land vehicles; Imagery; Laboratory tests; Lasers; Structural supports; Vision
• Uncontrolled Terms: Multispectral imagery
• Old TRIS Terms: Supports
• Subject Areas: Highways; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00600271
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: ERIM-176600-12-F
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 31 1990 12:00AM