LATEST NEWS
The Pronto4 System is now on a GSA schedule! Check out our Pronto4 page for a link to the GSA web site.
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Check out our latest video: a high-speed test (75+ mph) and a time trial test, both with our HMMWV. And stay tuned for upcoming video releases: a 90 mph run and a course driven in reverse! To see all of our video, visit our Video page.
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Two DARPA Urban Challenge teams used the Pronto4™ Strap-on Autonomy System to compete in the semi-finals of the Urban Challenge. The teams are:
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Video
Autonomous Technologies
Kairos Autonomi has developed the following technologies for various contracts:
- High-speed Test (75+ mph), HMMWV, May 2008
- Using the access road at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, Kairos Autonomi achieved sustained speeds in excess of 75 mph. The test area consisted of a three (3) mile segment of road with two lanes each measuring 12’ 9” wide, and turn-around areas on either end. The first loop has the vehicle traveling East, with the vehicle traveling West for the final test loop. Orange cones were placed as one (1) mile markers in the segment. Winds gusted between 30-40 mph NNW.
The course was recorded using an H1 (commercial HMMWV) retrofitted with a stock Pronto4 System Series II and Kairos Autonomi’s standard software package. Throttle and host indicators in the video are inaccurate. Speed is platform limited in this test.
The test was performed autonomously.- High-speed Test (Two Loops)
- High-speed Test (One Loop)
- Using the access road at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, Kairos Autonomi achieved sustained speeds in excess of 75 mph. The test area consisted of a three (3) mile segment of road with two lanes each measuring 12’ 9” wide, and turn-around areas on either end. The first loop has the vehicle traveling East, with the vehicle traveling West for the final test loop. Orange cones were placed as one (1) mile markers in the segment. Winds gusted between 30-40 mph NNW.
- Semi-autonomous Time Trial, HMMWV, April 2008
- We performed a series of semi-autonomous time trials at Miller Motorsports Park in Tooele, Utah with our HMMWV.
Speeds reached 50+ mph, with 30+ mph around tight turns.
- Time Trial
- Unmanned Surface Vessel Test, November, 2007
- Kairos Autonomi installed a Pronto4 system on a boat and then performed testing on Yuba Lake in Utah.
Two types of testing were performed: a high-speed test on a looped course, and a lower-speed course on a figure-eight course.
- High-Speed Video
- Windows Media:
+ Small (320 x 240, 5.55 mb)
+ Large (640 x 480, 25.7 mb) - Quicktime:
+ Small (320 x 240, 5.16 mb)
+ Large (640 x 480, 10.6 mb)
- Windows Media:
- Lower-Speed Video
- Windows Media:
+ Small (320 x 240,4.31 mb)
+ Large (640 x 480, 19.9 mb) - Quicktime:
+ Small (320 x 240, 3.94 mb)
+ Large (640 x 480, 8.23 mb)
- Windows Media:
- High-Speed Video
- Kairos Autonomi installed a Pronto4 system on a boat and then performed testing on Yuba Lake in Utah.
Two types of testing were performed: a high-speed test on a looped course, and a lower-speed course on a figure-eight course.
- Video from the AUVSI Unmanned Systems demonstration, Aug. 6, 2007. Kairos Autonomi's HMMWV performed an autonomous drive to deliver a breach kit to a Marine platoon as part of a mock scenario demonstrating how unmanned systems (UAVs and UGVs) support operations.
- Windows Media:
+ Small (320 x 240, 1.37 mb)
+ Medium (640 x 480, 1.40 mb)
- A complex autonomous drive, with multiple turns. This run was initiated using a remote e-stop system. (28.3 mb)
- An autonomous drive showing Kairos Autonomi's Mimic software, which can record a human drive and then autonomously drive a vehicle over the same route in playback mode. This drive also features a remote e-stop start, stop and re-start. (48.8 mb)
- This video shows an autonomous vehicle driving over a four inch donut. The donut simulates an IED target, and the drive demonstrates the Pronto4™ system's ability to accurately drive over a target at speed. (4.38 mb)
Urban Challenge 2007
Three Track B teams that competed in the
Urban Challenge 2007 used the Pronto4™ Strap-on Autonomy System for
their hardware platforms. These teams provided video to Kairos
Autonomi as they documented their efforts leading up to the Urban
Challenge 2007.
Video links are provided below:
- The Urban Juggernaut performing a series of navigation runs as part of Team Juggernaut's DARPA site visit, June 23, 2007 (59 mb).*
- Team Juggernaut's video demonstration for earning an Urban Challenge 2007 site
visit, March / April 2007 (98 mb).*
- Autonomous Run only (39 mb).
- Autonomous Run only (39 mb).
- Brigham Young University's video demonstration for earning a site visit for its team, BYUC, April 2007.
- The University of Utah is supporting a team and created this video demonstration for earning a site visit, April 2007 (65.6 mb).*
- Team Juggernaut's Track A Proposal video, June 2006. Team Juggernaut was not awarded Track A status, most likely due to its lack of partnering with other companies and entities. Of course, we like to think the team's core technology is solid.
Other Video
- To see a Pronto4™ strap-on automated vehicle driving 60+ mph in tele-operation mode, click here.
- In tele-operation mode, see a Pronto4™ strap-on automated vehicle negotiate a curve in the road (click here).
* These files may take a while to buffer due to their large file size. However, you do not have to wait for the videos to fully download. After the files are buffered about 20 percent, you can click run to start playing the videos.