An internal guidance system utilizing gyroscopes and accelerometers monitored the orientation of the vehicle and also served to supplement GPS and other sensor data. įor navigation, the car was equipped with five roof-mounted Sick AG LIDAR units to build a 3-D map of the environment, thus supplementing the position sensing GPS system. The Stanford Racing Team chose the Touareg for its " drive by wire" control system which could be adapted (and was done so by the ERL) to be run directly from an onboard computer without the use of actuators or servo motors however, the steering wheel was driven by an electric motor and the gear shifting accomplished with a hydraulic piston). The car began as a standard European diesel model Volkswagen Touareg provided by Volkswagen's ERL for the competition. View of the computers in the cargo area of Stanley
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