MITRE Meteor: An Off-Road Autonomous Vehicle for DARPA's Grand Challenge

By Dr. Robert Grabowski , Dr. Richard Weatherly , Robert Bolling , David Seidel , Michael Shadid , Ann Jones

The MITRE Meteor team fielded an autonomous vehicle that competed in DARPA's 2005 Grand Challenge race.

Download Resources


PDF Accessibility

One or more of the PDF files on this page fall under E202.2 Legacy Exceptions and may not be completely accessible. You may request an accessible version of a PDF using the form on the Contact Us page.

The MITRE Meteor team fielded an autonomous vehicle that competed in DARPA's 2005 Grand Challenge race. This paper describes the team's approach to building its robotic vehicle, the vehicle and components that let the vehicle see and act, and the computer software that made the vehicle autonomous. It presents how the team prepared for the race and how their vehicle performed.