Stanley

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Stanley is an autonomous robotic vehicle developed by Stanford University that gained fame for winning the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge, a landmark event in self-driving car research.

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instanceOf autonomous robotic vehicle
self-driving car
basedOn modified Volkswagen Touareg
category experimental vehicle
research platform
competition DARPA Grand Challenge
surface form: 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge
controlType fully autonomous
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
developer Stanford Racing Team
Stanford University
distanceCompleted 132 miles
eventDate 2005-10-08
exhibitedAt National Museum of American History
surface form: Smithsonian National Museum of American History
field artificial intelligence
autonomous driving research
robotics
hasAward first place in 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge
heritageStatus milestone in autonomous vehicle history
influenced Google self-driving car project
subsequent self-driving car research
locatedIn Stanford University
surface form: Stanford University (during development)
navigationMethod GPS waypoint following
obstacle avoidance
terrain mapping
notableFor winning the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge
operatedBy Stanford Racing Team
operationalEnvironment off-road desert terrain
powertrain internal combustion engine
primaryPurpose autonomous navigation research
participation in DARPA Grand Challenge
prizeMoney 2,000,000 USD
safetyFeature emergency stop system
remote kill switch
softwareDevelopedAt Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
sponsor Google
surface form: Google (support via individuals associated)

Intel Corporation
surface form: Intel

Mohr Davidow Ventures
Volkswagen Group
surface form: Volkswagen
teamLeader Sebastian Thrun
timeToCompleteCourse approximately 6 hours
uses GPS
LIDAR sensors
computer vision
inertial navigation system
machine learning algorithms
sensor fusion
yearOfCompletion 2005

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