SwRI develops autonomous driving tools for ‘stealthy and agile’ off-road vehicles

Published on March 15, 2024



Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has developed vision-based driving tools for off-road autonomous vehicles aimed at delivering stealth for the military and agility for its space and agriculture customers. SwRI  engineers developed a suite of tools called VORA (Vision for Off-Road Autonomy), a passive system that perceives objects, models environments and simultaneously localises and maps while navigating off-road environments.

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