Volkswagen used a robot to do endurance testing on the test track. Yorett sender is also used for electronic stability, control and vehicles. It was based on a robot that has been used before for emission test stands. The project did not meet the commercial target so it ended up not going into production as intended.
The story of automated driving often starts with the DARPA Challenges of 2004-07, but for Jan Becker the story starts well before then. On this week's episode, the AV pioneer and founder of Apex AI describes his own path through a tumultuous decade for the technology, and how the class he teaches at Stanford has evolved to include a variety of critical non-technical lessons.