SPEAKER: DEAN POMERLEAU
Senior Research Scientist, Robotics Institute and School of
Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University
ABSTRACT:
SPEAKER BIO:
Life in the Fast Lane: Progress on Self Driving Cars
For the past 12 years, members of the Navlab group in the Robotics
Institute have been developing cars and trucks that drive themselves
using video cameras and various forms of radar to sense the world around
them. This talk will describe some of the recent accomplishments
achieved in this effort, including an automated drive across the entire
US, and a demonstration of 5 automated vehicles (two sedans, a minivan,
and two city buses) performing coordinated manuevers at 60mph. Videos
of the systems in action will be shown.
Dr. Dean Pomerleau is a Senior Research Scientist at Carnegie Mellon
University, with a joint appointment in the Robotics Institute and the
School of Computer Science. He received his Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon
in 1992. His dissertation and current research focuses on perception and
learning for intelligent vehicles. He is the director of the Single
Vehicle Roadway Departure Prevention Project, a USDOT sponsored
partnership of universities and companies developing and testing warning
systems to prevent highway accidents.