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Caroline: An autonomously driving vehicle for urban environments


Caroline: An autonomously driving vehicle for urban environments

The 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge afforded the golden opportunity for the Technische Universität Braunschweig to demonstrate its abilities to develop an autonomously driving vehicle to compete with the world's best. After several stages of qualification, our team CarOLO qualified early for the DARPA Urban Challenge Final Event and was among only 11 teams from initially 89 competitors to compete in the final. We had the ability to work together in a large group of experts, each contributing his expertise in his discipline, and significant organizational, financial, and technical support by local sponsors, who helped us to become the best non-U.S. team. In this report, we describe the 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge, our contribution, “Caroline,” the technology, and algorithms, along with her performance in the DARPA Urban Challenge Final Event on November 3, 2007. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.


Author(s):Fred W. Rauskolb, Kai Berger, Christian Lipski, Marcus Magnor, Karsten Cornelsen, Jan Effertz, Thomas Form, Fabian Graefe, Sebastian Ohl, Walter Schumacher, Jörn Marten Wille, Peter Hecker, Tobias Nothdurft, Michael Doering, Kai Homeier, Johannes Morgenroth, Lars Wolf, Christian Basarke, Christian Berger, Tim Gülke, Felix Klose, Bernhard Rumpe
Published:December 2008
Type:Article
Journal:Journal of Field Robotics Vol. 25
Project(s): Computer Vision Algorithms for the DARPA Urban Challenge 2007 

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@article{rauskolb2008cad,
  title = {Caroline: An autonomously driving vehicle for urban environments},
  author = {Rauskolb, Fred W. and Berger, Kai and Lipski, Christian and Magnor, Marcus and Cornelsen, Karsten and Effertz, Jan and Form, Thomas and Graefe, Fabian and Ohl, Sebastian and Schumacher, Walter and Wille, J{\"o}rn Marten and Hecker, Peter and Nothdurft, Tobias and Doering, Michael and Homeier, Kai and Morgenroth, Johannes and Wolf, Lars and Basarke, Christian and Berger, Christian and G{\"u}lke, Tim and Klose, Felix and Rumpe, Bernhard},
  journal = {Journal of Field Robotics},
  volume = {25},
  number = {9},
  pages = {674--724},
  month = {Dec},
  year = {2008}
}

Authors

  • Fred W. Rauskolb

    External

  • Kai Berger

    Fmr. Researcher

  • Christian Lipski

    Fmr. Senior Researcher

  • Marcus Magnor

    Director, Chair

  • Karsten Cornelsen

    External

  • Jan Effertz

    External

  • Thomas Form

    External

  • Fabian Graefe

    External

  • Sebastian Ohl

    External

  • Walter Schumacher

    External

  • Jörn Marten Wille

    External

  • Peter Hecker

    External

  • Tobias Nothdurft

    External

  • Michael Doering

    External

  • Kai Homeier

    External

  • Johannes Morgenroth

    External

  • Lars Wolf

    External

  • Christian Basarke

    External

  • Christian Berger

    External

  • Tim Gülke

    External

  • Felix Klose

    Fmr. Researcher

  • Bernhard Rumpe

    External