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Robot- automobile Junior, which is developed by the specialists of Stanford university, underwent tests.
As reports CNET News, kiber successfully managed larger the tasks partly assigned to it. Junior, in the number of other of kibermobiley, will take participation in third ralli of robots, as organizer of which appears the agency of the foremost defense studies BY THE USA (DARPA). In 2005 of ralli Grand Challenge was passed to desert Mokhave (state of Nevada), and then race won robot Stanley, created on the base of automobile Volkswagen by the engineers of Stanford university. In the present year of ralli it will be much more complex.
For participants one must without the outside aid demonstrate the habits of driving of the urban conditions. In this case the robots had to avoid collisions with the stationary obstacles and other participants in the motion, soblyudat' marking, road signs and adequately react to the not on the staff situations. As the basis of robot Junior is assumed specialist Volkswagen Passat of the model number of 2006. In comparison with Stanley, new robot is equipped with the much more complex system of sensors. On kibermobil', in particular, are established six video cameras, which ensure obtaining picture from all directions, two receivers of the satellite system of navigation GPS, the laser locator of IR- range, etc. information is processed by two servers on the basis of the chetyrekh"yadernykh processors Intel.
The summary computational power of these servers four times approximately exceeds the speed of the computers, which were established on board Stanley. Furthermore, Junior is equipped more with "clever" software, which corresponds for decision making. The third of ralli of robots must take place on 3 November, about the place of its conducting will be declared late. Their automobiles for the participation in the competition, besides the Stanford university, are also intended to present the commands of the university of Carnegie- mellon, Cornell university, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Virdzhinskeyeo polytechnic institute and others.