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rev. Tue Nov 30 10:53:58 EST 2004
rev. Nov 12, Oct 27, Sep 23 2004
Steven D. Johnson, Indiana University Computer Science Department

IRRT IU Task Group

This is an information hub for people at IU involved with or interested in the Indy Robot Racing Team project to develop an autonomous vehicle for the 2005 DARPA Challenge competition. For further information contact Steve Johnson (sjohnson@cs.indiana.edu), 812-855-2567), or the project leader, Doug Traster.

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What's New
01 feb Depth maps some of the Bumblebee image pairs [HTM].
01 feb More sample Bumblebee shots [HTM] recorded by Ingo Cyliax.
07 feb Image processing source files [HTM]
07 feb Photos from Feb 5 Family Day [HTM]
01 feb Sample Bumblebee shots [HTM] recorded by Ingo Cyliax.
10 dec Bumblebee Ranging preliminary results (Leykin).
06 dec Horizon detection, preliminary results [AVI] (Leykin). Source: [TGZ]. Alex: "...it doesn't detect the angle, just the horizontal horizon line. ... it definitely runs in real time."
06 dec Vanishing Point preliminary results in road finding (Leykin). Source: [TGZ].
29 nov Preliminary results in road finding (Cutzu).
23 nov Twin Dragonfly cameras mounted on a car (Alex Leykin):

Image Gallery [i]

Requirements and Specifications [i]

• 10/10
10/01 		[TXT] Vehicle Control Messages (Himebaugh, Gayle, Traster).
•   [HTM] Task List
•   [DOC] Functional Decomposition (Traster)
•   [TXT] Message Format (         )

Presentations and Reports [i]

Roughly in chronological order, most recent first. •' indicates IU task group material.

• [PPT] IRR@IU Status, December 2004 (Johnson)
• [PDF] Initial Experimentation with an Adaptive Controller for Vehicle Velocity (Holloway)
• [HTML] CBR Architecture Draft Report (Holloway, Duncan)
• [PPT] Scott Jones's IRR presentation, October 26.
• [DOC] Vision system architecture and function, 9/24, (Leykin, Cutzu, Dhua)
  [PPT] Navigation architecture (Layden)
• [PPT] Provisional control architecture (Holloway)
  [PPT] Odometry (Traster)
• [PPT] Preliminary vehicle control interface architecture (Himebaugh).
  [PPT] Video/Camera sensors (Mellor)
  [DOC] GPS overview (Strait)
  [DOC] Power-line interference (Thornburg)
  [PPT] IRRT presentation (Traster)

Discussion threads [i]

Task Group Meetings [i]

12 nov 04 agenda
29 oct 04 agenda
21 oct 04 agenda
08 oct 04 agenda
01 oct 04 agenda
24 sep 04 agenda, notes

General Information Links [i]

Placeholder IRRT site. (Do not link yet)
DARPA links to all the documents and presentations given at the 2005 DGC Participant's Conference
DARPA Grand Challenge 2005 home page.
Technical papers from 2004 DGC participants
High Speed Navigation of Unrehearsed Terrain: Red Team Technology for Grand Challenge 2004 (Most successful DGC'04 entry).

People at Indy [i]

See the IRR Web Site, indyrobotracing.org for an up-to-date list of people involved across Indiana.

People at IU [i]

Bibliography