Sort by Gizmodo (Free subscription) - 03/11/2009 - YouTube
Stanford's latest robot car, an autonomous Audi TTS, will race to the top of Pikes Peak in 2010. Read more at http://www.botjunkie.com/2009/10/24/stan...
Sort by Gizmodo (Free subscription) - 03/11/2009
Forget the Darpa's urban challenge . This fully automated Audi TTS—equipped with GPS, sensors, and guidance systems—is set to race on the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, a crazy 19.99-kilometer rally race circuit with 156 turns. The team that created it wants to see if they can really push performance in such a challenging environment. The modded Audi TTS—which is already the fastest autonomous...
Sort by Neatorama (Free subscription) - 27/10/2009
(YouTube Link) Stanford University’s robotics lab has built autonomous cars for several years. Recently, it established a land speed record for a robot car — 140 mph in an Audi TT-S nicknamed “Shelly”. But their next goal is even more ambitious: to have Shelly race the twisted dirt road that leads up to Pike’s [...]
Sort by Gearlog (Free subscription) - 27/10/2009
Stanford University has teamed up with Volkswagen to build two driverless cars--an Audi TTS and a VW Passat Wagon--and hopes to break a few records along the way.
Sort by Gizmowatch (Free subscription) - 26/10/2009
We presently know the Audi TTS as the unofficial world speed record holder for an autonomous car speeding at 130 kph, about 80 mph. Now, after the reveal by Stanford, we may know it for some added reasons. A robotic race car customized with sensors,...
Sort by eurocarblog (Free subscription) - 02/11/2009
A new project sees an Audi TT-S computer driven up Pikes Peak, with the first tests completed in this video. The project is one of the works being undertaken by Volkswagen as part of its new VAIL[...]
Sort by Luxvelocity (Free subscription) - 29/10/2009
What happens when an Audi TT S is given it's own mind? Watch the video. Car programmed by Stanford University students and will race itself to the top of Pikes Peak in 2010. What a way to enjoy school life...
Sort by Internet's Best Secrets (Free subscription) - 07/11/2009
If you think autonomous robotized cars are boring , let me let you in on a little secret: this Audi TT not only holds the record for the fastest autonomous car (at 130mph), it is also set to heat up the competition in the breathtaking Pikes Peak hill climbing race . Will rally drivers begin to worry about driverless cars beating their records? :) To see what this Audi robot will have to beat, check...
