Army collects human driving data to teach robots

By Ethan Sterenfeld / March 1, 2022 at 3:59 PM
Future algorithms for autonomous ground mobility will draw from a large dataset of human driving activity that the Army is currently gathering, the director of the Ground Vehicle Systems Center said today. “Historically, we’ve done a lot of experiments, but haven’t necessarily captured that data with purpose or intent to be leveraged in the future,” Michael Cadieux said at a National Defense Industry Association conference on tactical wheeled vehicles. A new system measures how drivers control vehicles at test centers,...

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