Accession Number:

ADA171618

Title:

Vision-Based Navigation for Autonomous Ground Vehicles

Descriptive Note:

Annual rept. 1 Jul 1985-30 Jun 1986

Corporate Author:

MARYLAND UNIV COLLEGE PARK CENTER FOR AUTOMATION RESEARCH

Personal Author(s):

• Davis, Larry

Report Date:

1986-08-01

Pagination or Media Count:

11.0

Abstract:

The project to date has focused on three tasks 1 Support of Martin Marietta as the Autonomous Land Vehicle ALV integrating contractor, 2 development of a vision system for autonomous navigation of roads and road networks, and 3 experiments using this vision system on the ALV. Progress on each of these topics is described in the following subsections.

Descriptors:

• *AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATION
• *GROUND VEHICLES
• *IMAGE PROCESSING
• *VISION
• ALGORITHMS
• BOUNDARIES
• COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE
• OPTICAL DETECTION
• PATHS
• PILOTS
• REASONING
• ROADS
• THREE DIMENSIONAL
• VIEWERS

Subject Categories:

• Hydraulic and Pneumatic Equipment
• Optical Detection and Detectors

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE