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October 25, 2007
Dexter's Laboratory at Case
Question: How many robots does it take to drive a car?
Answer: One, if the robot is the car and the car’s name is Dexter.
Dexter is an autonomous vehicle originally built by ENSCO Inc., a Virginia engineering firm, for a 2005 robotic-car challenge through the Mojave Desert.
Next up is the 2007 Urban Challenge, and ENSCO recruited Team Case to help get Dexter prepared. In order to do this, over 50 engineering and computer-science students and professors are tinkering with Dexter’s brain to give him the ability to follow every traffic rule in the book. Team Case will compete against over 80 other vehicles later in the year for a shot at $2 million in prize money and a chance to work with the U.S. military to design future autonomous vehicles.
Learn more about Dexter here.
Posted by eeg7 at October 25, 2007 11:19 AM
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