1. Robots & the
Route 66 of
the Future
Tony Hirst
Computing and Communications Dept.
The Open University

3. Autonomous
Vehicles and
Robot Cars

4. US Department of Defense
Advanced Research Projects
Agency (DARPA) Grand Challenge
2004
- driverless vehicle
- 150 mile test route, without
human intervention
The best performing vehicle managed to travel less than eight miles…

5. DARPA Challenge Redux…
October,2005
- 132 mile test route
-off-road
Five driverless vehicles completed the route successfully…

6. DARPA Challenge Part III…
November,2007
- 60 mile course
-urban road conditions
- California state driving laws
Vehicles from six teams completed the course within the six hour time limit…

7. Into the wild…
2010
- Google self-driving car project

8. Into the wild…
Today
- Increasing numbers of US
states passing laws allowing the
testing of autonomous vehicles

10. Robot
or not?

11. Robotic Car
Parks & Dark
Warehouses

12. PuzzlingStorage

13. Mobileshelving…

14. Is the future
of logistics
robotic?

15. MoreonOpenLearn