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:Hitting the Open Source Road With a Linux-Powered Driverless Vehicle
Hitting the Open Source Road With a Linux-Powered Driverless Vehicle
Nov 5, 2007, 19 :45 UTC (0 Talkback[s]) (3191 reads)

(Other stories by Jack M. Germain)

"In what may well be one of the most unusual computing tasks performed by the Linux operating system, Terra Soft Solutions integrated its Yellow Dog Linux distribution and the Sony PlayStation 3 to guide a specially designed driverless car competing in the qualifying rounds for the DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) autonomous vehicle challenge in Victorville, Calif.

"Integral to the on-board, real-time image processing system, the YDL PS3 rode atop a set of 1U rackmount servers inside the experimental car, dubbed the 'Spirit.' The team used the Linux equipment to navigate the vehicle through simulated city traffic and obstacles during the qualifying rounds the last week of October..."

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