VITA-an autonomous road vehicle (ARV) for collision avoidance in traffic

Describes results of the autonomous Daimler-Benz test vehicle VITA (vision technology application). The basic structure of the vehicle is introduced. The computer vision based applications, ranging from lane keeping, obstacle detection, stop+go and lane change to intersection control are briefly explained. Ongoing research work in the Daimler-Benz PROMETHEUS subproject is mentioned.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">></ETX>