Robot: Target on Its Back

[Joe Ross]

Two Autonomous Vehicles Seek Safe Avoidance in Critical Tests

A new state-of-the-art research center runs car-makers’ safety systems through their paces, in tandem with a soft-target robot that can be crash-impacted without adverse effects. Precise positioning and exact repeatability of test sequences are key criteria.

Paul Perrone, Perrone Robotics

http://gpsworld.com/robot-target-on-its-back/

I thought this was an interesting article about how the IIHS is using robots to help test the adaptive cruise control and collision avoidance features of new cars. It's a little heavy on the GPS/positioning portion (as it's in GPS World magazine), but it's also interesting to see how GPS had to be augmented to use in an indoor environment (like was discussed in the GPS at FRC Regionals? thread).