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Autonomous GPS path following
to 30 MPH.
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The vehicle follows a
GPS waypoint trail recorded earlier by driving the vehicle along
a rout while recording at the base station.
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The vehicle can be
downloaded with trails, which it stores locally in a trails
database.
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The vehicle can be
remotely commanded to go to and then follow any trail in its
database.
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The max target speed
for the vehicle to use can be remotely changed at any time.
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The vehicle
automatically slows for turns and stops gracefully when the
destination is reached.
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In the video, the
entire path is followed using 30 MPH as the target speed.
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The vehicle reaches
this speed in the straight-aways.
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The safety driver has
his hands in the air (and feet away from the pedals) during the
entire demonstration.
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Leader-Follower operation with auto pick-up and drop-off.
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The "leader" vehicle
is a personal sedan with a leader beacon kit installed (can be
installed in about 4 minutes).
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In Leader-Follower
operations there is no pre recorded trail.
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The follower vehicle
receives GPS waypoints from the leader vehicle on-the-fly.
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The follower vehicle
paces itself to maintain a safe distance for the current speed.
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The follower vehicle
stops at a safe (configurable) distance whenever the leader
vehicle stops.
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The operator in the
leader vehicle presses a button to "pick-up" the follower and
another button to "drop-off" the follower.
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In the video, the
safety driver in the follower vehicle has his hands in the air
(and feet away from the pedals) during the entire demonstration.
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