Team Description* |
With the inception
of the DARPA Urban Challenge, TeamUCF is looking forward
to building on the existing capabilities of the Knight
Rider vehicle and creating a competition vehicle with
the goal of meeting all the mission objectives of DARPA
and performing at a level that challenges all other
entries. This year TeamUCF’s management and technical
approach enhances the core of last year’s team, adding
both experienced project management and the key
technical expertise to meet the new Challenge. TeamUCF’s
core university personnel are augmented by several
industry partners such as Coleman Technologies, Inc., a
system engineering firm specializing in real-time
guidance, navigation, and control as well as products
associated with GPS measurements in urban environments.
This and other industrial partnerships bring experienced
project execution methodology and a commercial
perspective to the TeamUCF design. Our Urban Challenge
vehicle is known as Knight Rider V.I.P. and is based
upon a technical approach that focuses on the
implementation of higher-level capabilities through the
use of Vision, Intelligence, and Planning. |
