Army Tests Driver-less Nav System

November 12th, 2007

Defense News has recently posted an article on testing autonomous navigation systems. The article, “U.S. Army Tests TARDEC Autonomous Navigation System,” describes the tests run on a 17-kilometer test course featuring varied terrain with some gravel and off-road areas, 90-degree turns, blind turns, which are unexpected changes in direction, and some small hills.

The article notes,

The people who participated as test subjects were evaluated to determine whether riding as a passenger in an unmanned truck reduced their fatigue while improving cognition and awareness.

I don’t know about you, but I think that if I were riding in a driverless vehicle, in a war zone, I don’t think it would reduce my level of fatigue.

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