Terregator testing in snow

Description

Terregator completes field testing on CMU's campus in February 1986, traversing snow-covered pathways. Attached to the front of the robot is an early LiDAR sensor, which was later used on Navlab I. The video also shows a demonstration of Terregator's vision, displaying what the robot is reading from its surroundings.

Type

moving images

Creator

Carnegie Mellon University. Robotics Institute.

Date

1986-02-14

Collection

Robotics Institute Video Collection

Extent

Duration 5:39

Rights

Subjects

Subject (Topic)

Robots
Robotics
Optical radar
Mobile robots
Autonomous robots

Subject (Name)

Whittaker, Warren
Terregator (Robot)
Dowling, Kevin
Blackwell, Michael

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