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Odin: Team VictorTango's entry in the DARPA Urban Challenge

  1. Andrew Bacha1,
  2. Cheryl Bauman1,
  3. Ruel Faruque1,
  4. Michael Fleming1,
  5. Chris Terwelp1,
  6. Charles Reinholtz2,
  7. Dennis Hong3,
  8. Al Wicks3,
  9. Thomas Alberi4,
  10. David Anderson,4,
  11. Stephen Cacciola4,
  12. Patrick Currier,4,
  13. Aaron Dalton4,
  14. Jesse Farmer4,
  15. Jesse Hurdus4,
  16. Shawn Kimmel4,
  17. Peter King4,
  18. Andrew Taylor4,
  19. David Van Covern4,
  20. Mike Webster4

Article first published online: 16 JUN 2008

DOI: 10.1002/rob.20248

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Journal of Field Robotics

Journal of Field Robotics

Special Issue: Special Issue on the 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge, Part I

Volume 25, Issue 8, pages 467–492, August 2008

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Bacha, A., Bauman, C., Faruque, R., Fleming, M., Terwelp, C., Reinholtz, C., Hong, D., Wicks, A., Alberi, T., Anderson,, D., Cacciola, S., Currier,, P., Dalton, A., Farmer, J., Hurdus, J., Kimmel, S., King, P., Taylor, A., Covern, D. V. and Webster, M. (2008), Odin: Team VictorTango's entry in the DARPA Urban Challenge. J. Field Robotics, 25: 467–492. doi: 10.1002/rob.20248

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  1. 1

    TORC Technologies, LLC, Blacksburg, Virginia 24060

  2. 2

    Department of Mechanical Engineering, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, Florida 32114

  3. 3

    Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24060

  4. 4

    Unmanned Systems Group, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24060

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 23 JUL 2008
  2. Article first published online: 16 JUN 2008
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 14 MAY 2008
  4. Manuscript Received: 29 JAN 2008

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