[Colloquium] TTIC Vision Reading Group: Christoph Stiller, KIT

[Liv Leader]

When:      Monday, February 11th @ 2 p.m.

Where:     TTIC, 6045 S. Kenwood Avenue, Room #526

Who:       Christoph Stiller, KIT

Title:       Towards Swarms of Self-Driving Automobiles

This presentation focuses on key technologies for automobiles that perceive
their environment and based on this knowledge automatically navigate
through everyday traffic in an autonomous and cooperative manner. Methods
for 3D machine perception based on lidar, radar, and video sensors are
outlined. The possible contribution of prior knowledge from digital maps is
elaborated. Beyond classical metrology the recognition and basic
understanding of situations must be accomplished for automated
decision-making and trajectory planning. When multiple self-driving
automobiles are present they are able to communicate their plans and
mutually negotiate their trajectories. Inspired by biological swarms it is
shown that a coordinated and homogenized traffic flow can be achieved
through cooperative yet distributed planning. Results from autonomous
vehicles are shown in real world urban and platooning scenarios including
AnnieWAY the recent winner of the Grand Cooperative Driving Challenge.

www.mrt.kit.edu

Host: Raquel Urtasun

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Liv Leader
Director of Human Resources and International Affairs

Toyota Technological Institute Chicago
6045 S Kenwood Ave
Chicago, IL 60637
Phone- (773) 702-5033
Fax-     (773) 834-9881
Email-  lleader at ttic.edu
Web-   www.ttic.edu
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