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VisLab Intercontinental Autonomous Challenge

April 15, 2024

"VIAC" redirects here. For the company whose stock ticker was previously VIAC, see Paramount Global.

VIAC, the VisLab Intercontinental Autonomous Challenge, is the challenge conceived by VisLab as an extreme test of autonomous vehicles. It ran from July 20, 2010 to October 28, 2010, involving four driverless vehicles driving with virtually no human intervention on an almost 16,000 kilometres (9,900 mi) trip from Parma, Italy to Shanghai, China.[1][2][3]

Overview edit

The 2010 World Expo's theme was “better cities, better life”; therefore issues related to sustainable mobility were central to the Expo and this challenge of reaching Shanghai with driverless vehicles provided a clear demonstration of future vehicles; it is considered one of the main milestones in Robotics.

VisLab, thanks to a project partially funded by ERC -the European Research Council- showed that one day it will be possible to move goods between two continents with non-polluting vehicles powered by green energy and with virtually no human intervention. Goods were packed in Parma and taken to Shanghai on driverless vehicles for the first time in history.

The idea edit

The aim was to test and stress the current technology in a unique event: non-polluting and non-oil based autonomous vehicles in real traffic conditions on an extreme journey between two continents, the final outcome being a huge dataset with a very large variety of situations to be further used to refine the onboard perception system.

Technical details edit

The trip traversed remote areas in Russia, Kazakhstan, and China, for which no map was available; due to the length of the trip it was also impossible to check and test the route in advance. Therefore, VisLab defined the following behavior.

The first vehicle drove autonomously in selected sections of the trip, conducting experimental tests on sensing, decision, and control subsystems, and continuously collecting data. Human interventions were needed on a regular basis to define the route and intervene in critical situations.

The second vehicle automatically followed the route defined by the leader vehicle by following it either visually or thanks to GPS waypoints sent by the leader vehicle, therefore requiring no human intervention (100% autonomous). This is regarded as a readily exploitable vehicle, able to move on predefined routes.

During the trip, demonstrations were scheduled in specific hot spots, showing autonomous vehicles following given routes, negotiating traffic, avoiding obstacles, and stopping when required. The first demonstration was held in Rome at the EUR district on October 29, 2009, when Rome's Major, Gianni Alemanno, officially presented the VIAC challenge. The last demonstration was given exactly one year later, on Oct 28, 2010, in Shanghai, China, during a parade at the World Expo, organized by the European Pavilion.

Although the vehicles were electric and had solar panels on the roof, propulsion was not powered by the solar panels but by the original vehicle's batteries which were charged at power outlets or, when no power outlet was available, by generators. The solar panels powered the autonomous driving system (sensors, processing engines, actuators, radios, GPS,..).[4]

Worldwide Milestone and Data Analysis edit

The VisLab Intercontinental Autonomous Challenge is considered a unique milestone in vehicular robotics, just like the DARPA Grand Challenge in 2005 and the DARPA Urban Challenge in 2007. The vehicles collected about 50 terabytes of data to be used in the future for further processing off-line.

Organization and Logistics edit

The logistics were managed by Overland Network, which provided 4 RVs (motor homes) and 3 additional trucks as a support. The expedition was therefore formed by 4 autonomous vehicles, 4 RVs, 3 trucks, and occupied about 20 people for three months. A satellite link broadcast live data and video streaming for the whole duration of the trip (except in China) so that everybody on the Internet was able to witness the progress of the experiment.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ webmaster@ce.unipr.it (2009-10-29). . Vislab.it. Archived from the original on 2010-12-02. Retrieved 2010-11-19.
  2. ^ "Without driver or map, vans go from Italy to China"[permanent dead link], Elaine Kurtenbac, AP.COM
  3. ^ "Driverless van crosses from Europe to Asia", Jo Ling Kent, CNN.COM
  4. ^ . Viac.vislab.it. 2010-10-26. Archived from the original on 2010-10-24. Retrieved 2010-11-19.

External links edit

  • Official website  

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VIAC redirects here For the company whose stock ticker was previously VIAC see Paramount Global VIAC the VisLab Intercontinental Autonomous Challenge is the challenge conceived by VisLab as an extreme test of autonomous vehicles It ran from July 20 2010 to October 28 2010 involving four driverless vehicles driving with virtually no human intervention on an almost 16 000 kilometres 9 900 mi trip from Parma Italy to Shanghai China 1 2 3 Contents 1 Overview 2 The idea 3 Technical details 4 Worldwide Milestone and Data Analysis 5 Organization and Logistics 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksOverview editThe 2010 World Expo s theme was better cities better life therefore issues related to sustainable mobility were central to the Expo and this challenge of reaching Shanghai with driverless vehicles provided a clear demonstration of future vehicles it is considered one of the main milestones in Robotics VisLab thanks to a project partially funded by ERC the European Research Council showed that one day it will be possible to move goods between two continents with non polluting vehicles powered by green energy and with virtually no human intervention Goods were packed in Parma and taken to Shanghai on driverless vehicles for the first time in history The idea editThe aim was to test and stress the current technology in a unique event non polluting and non oil based autonomous vehicles in real traffic conditions on an extreme journey between two continents the final outcome being a huge dataset with a very large variety of situations to be further used to refine the onboard perception system Technical details editThe trip traversed remote areas in Russia Kazakhstan and China for which no map was available due to the length of the trip it was also impossible to check and test the route in advance Therefore VisLab defined the following behavior The first vehicle drove autonomously in selected sections of the trip conducting experimental tests on sensing decision and control subsystems and continuously collecting data Human interventions were needed on a regular basis to define the route and intervene in critical situations The second vehicle automatically followed the route defined by the leader vehicle by following it either visually or thanks to GPS waypoints sent by the leader vehicle therefore requiring no human intervention 100 autonomous This is regarded as a readily exploitable vehicle able to move on predefined routes During the trip demonstrations were scheduled in specific hot spots showing autonomous vehicles following given routes negotiating traffic avoiding obstacles and stopping when required The first demonstration was held in Rome at the EUR district on October 29 2009 when Rome s Major Gianni Alemanno officially presented the VIAC challenge The last demonstration was given exactly one year later on Oct 28 2010 in Shanghai China during a parade at the World Expo organized by the European Pavilion Although the vehicles were electric and had solar panels on the roof propulsion was not powered by the solar panels but by the original vehicle s batteries which were charged at power outlets or when no power outlet was available by generators The solar panels powered the autonomous driving system sensors processing engines actuators radios GPS 4 Worldwide Milestone and Data Analysis editThe VisLab Intercontinental Autonomous Challenge is considered a unique milestone in vehicular robotics just like the DARPA Grand Challenge in 2005 and the DARPA Urban Challenge in 2007 The vehicles collected about 50 terabytes of data to be used in the future for further processing off line Organization and Logistics editThe logistics were managed by Overland Network which provided 4 RVs motor homes and 3 additional trucks as a support The expedition was therefore formed by 4 autonomous vehicles 4 RVs 3 trucks and occupied about 20 people for three months A satellite link broadcast live data and video streaming for the whole duration of the trip except in China so that everybody on the Internet was able to witness the progress of the experiment See also editDARPA Grand Challenge DARPA Grand Challenge 2007 VisLab Google driverless carReferences edit webmaster ce unipr it 2009 10 29 VisLab s Adventure on the Silk Road Vislab it Archived from the original on 2010 12 02 Retrieved 2010 11 19 Without driver or map vans go from Italy to China permanent dead link Elaine Kurtenbac AP COM Driverless van crosses from Europe to Asia Jo Ling Kent CNN COM Challenge FAQ Viac vislab it 2010 10 26 Archived from the original on 2010 10 24 Retrieved 2010 11 19 External links editOfficial website nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title VisLab Intercontinental Autonomous Challenge amp oldid 1143367285, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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