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Feb 2, 1500
Da Vinci's self propelled cart. First autonomous moving device
this was even before the invention of the automobile
Leonardo da Vinci designed a cart that could move without being pushed or pulled. Springs under high tension provided the power to the cart, and steering could be set in advance so the cart could move along a predetermined path. This was probably the first idea ever of a self driving/moving mechanism -
Laboratory Cart Using AI and machine vision to make its way around
Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Cart, 1964-71. Along with Shakey the robot at neighboring SRI, the Stanford Cart pioneered techniques for navigating through an unfamiliar environment with artificial intelligence and machine vision -
Autonomous military vehicles
In 2004, the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Administration (DARPA) challenged dozens of teams then working on autonomous vehicles. The first year’s crop of entrants failed miserably, traveling barely a few miles before crashing. But the next year an odd flotilla of driverless cars and trucks were crossing huge swathes of California’s Mojave desert with nary a scratch. -
Pribot, prototype pizza delivery vehicle
a self-driving Prius, crossed the San Francisco Bay Bridge in a controlled street trial. The brainchild of driver-less motorcycle pioneer Anthony Levandowski, it helped inspire Google’s self-driving car program. -
Tesla Autopilot
Tesla Autopilot Automotive industry Tesla designs an automotive car. It's similar to what pilots have in an airplane just in a car. the car uses high-frequency sound waves to identify objects up to 16 feet away
