Thrun and colleagues: Stanley autonomous desert-driving system

What changed

An autonomous driving stack demonstrated robust extended operation in a defined desert competition.

Scientific scope

Exact 30-author 2006 paper and demonstrated run; competing teams and later self-driving deployments excluded.

Evidence

The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. The record is the exact 2006 Journal of Field Robotics paper and its 30-author byline. DARPA’s programme, competing vehicles, later self-driving systems, commercial deployment and wider team support remain separate.

Contributors

• The named authors listed in the linked research record · SCIENCE: Complete source byline retained in the research record; this collective display does not merge person identities or measure labor shares.

• Thrun et al., Stanley
• Crossref record for Stanley

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