Autonomous City

The Autonomous City Explorer (ACE) - winner of the "most innovative video award"

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Duration: 4:33
Updated: 14 May 2012

Winner of the most innovative video award at the IJCAI-09 AI Video Competition. The video was also nominated for best video and best soundtrack. This is a longer version of the video presenting the Autonomous City Explorer (ACE). The goal of the project was to create a robot capable of navigating unknown urban environments without the use of GPS data or prior map knowledge. The robot had to find its way solely by interacting with pedestrians and building a topological representation of its surroundings. If you enjoyed the video, please watch the other videos and have a look at our homepage www.ace-robot.de.

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ACE - The Autonomous City Explorer Project.

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Duration: 4:34
Updated: 26 Aug 2012

This video presents the Autonomous City Explorer (ACE) project. Its goal was to create a robot capable of navigating unknown urban environments without the use of GPS data or prior map knowledge. The robot had to find its way solely by interacting with pedestrians and building a topological representation of its surroundings. This video outlines the necessary ingredients for successful low-level navigation on sidewalks, information retrieval from pedestrians as well as the construction of a semantic representation of an urban environment. A system architecture for outdoor localization, traversability assessment, path planning, behavior selection and topological abstraction in urban environments is presented.

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Autonomous City of Ceuta / Ciudad Autónoma de Ceuta.

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Duration: 3:31
Updated: 12 Jan 2013

Autonomous City of Ceuta/Ciudad Autónoma de Ceuta: Ceuta does not have an airport. There is, however, a regular helicopter service from Ceuta Heliport linking it to Málaga Airport. All other access to and from Ceuta is by ferry or land.The Catholic Diocese of Ceuta existed from 1417 to 1879. It was a suffragan of the Patriarchate of Lisbon until 1675, with the end of the Iberian Union, when Ceuta choose to remain linked to the king of Spain. Since then it was a suffragan of the archbishopric of Seville.The Diocese of Tanger was suppressed and incorporated to that of Ceuta in 1570.In 1851, upon the signature of the concordat between the Holy See and Spain, the diocese of Ceuta was agreed to be suppressed, being combined into the diocese of Cádiz y Ceuta(up to then diocese of Cádiz y Algeciras), whose bishop usually was the apostolic administrator of Ceuta. The agreement was not implemented until 1879. The official currency of Ceuta is the euro. It is part of a special low tax zone in Spain.Ceuta is one of two Spanish port cities on the northern shore of Africa, along with Melilla. They are historically military strongholds, free ports, oil ports, and also fishing and smuggling centers.Today the economy of the city depends heavily on its port (now in expansion) and its industrial and retail centres.Ceuta Heliport is now used to connect the city to mainland Spain by air.Along with Melilla, Ceuta is the main link to and from the plazas de soberanía, especially the Islas ...

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Autonomous Car Driving through heavy City Traffic

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Duration: 8:48
Updated: 30 Jan 2013

For more please visit www.nowhereelse.fr or directly the the Stadtpilot Project Website stadtpilot.tu-bs.de /// Originaly uploaded by www.youtube.com

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Ford "Active City Stop" Autonomous Braking System

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Duration: 1:42
Updated: 05 Feb 2013

Ford "Active City Stop" Autonomous Braking Safety System

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RI Seminar: Dr. Fawzi Nashashibi: Towards true autonomous mobility services in cities

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Duration: 53:37
Updated: 07 Dec 2012

RI Seminar: October 03, 2011 Towards true autonomous mobility services in cities - A European view through INRIA experience Dr. Fawzi Nashashibi Senior Researcher and Program Manager IMARA research Team at INRIA Abstract A lot of effort is deployed in Europe in order to achieve a more effective organisation of urban transport,resulting in a more rational use of motorised traffic with less congestion and pollution, safer driving, a higher quality of living and an enhanced integration with spatial development. This objective is brought closer by developing integrated traffic solutions: advanced concepts for innovative autonomous and automated road vehicles for passengers and goods, embedded in an advanced spatial setting. The city of tomorrow is in need of integrated traffic solutions that provide the required mobility in an efficient, safe and economic manner. It is inevitable that automation, in all possible forms between providing information at one end of the spectrum and fully autonomous driving at the other, will play a major role. In order to make significant steps forward towards a sustainable development of European cities, the European Commission has supported a number of projects: HAVEit, CityMobil, CityNetMobil... INRIA plays a key role in these projects and contributes in demonstrating integrated solutions for mobility. After a brief presentation of INRIA and IMARA team, this talk will build on the results of recent Euro- pean and French projects and will ...

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Stanford robot car "Junior" in action, DARPA Urban Challenge

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Duration: 5:31
Updated: 02 Feb 2013

Yesterday, a Volkswagen Passat drove around a parking lot in Mountain View, CA, made three-point turns, and followed the rules at a four-way stop--all without human intervention. The computer-controlled car is named Junior, and it's Stanford University's official entry in the DARPA Urban Challenge, a race in which an autonomous car must navigate city streets, obey traffic laws, avoid obstructions, and, crucially, drive well among other cars in traffic. This test run is Junior's first public appearance, designed to let DARPA (the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) test the car and determine if it proceeds to the next round in the Urban Challenge.

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Belgrade capital city of Serbia part 1 HD

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Duration: 4:44
Updated: 26 Jan 2013

Belgrade (Serbian: Београд, Beograd pronounced is the capital and largest city of Serbia. The city lies at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. With a population of 1630000 (official estimate 2007),[3] Belgrade is the fourth largest city in Southeastern Europe, after Istanbul, Athens and Bucharest. Its name in Serbian translates to White city. Belgrade's wider city area was the birthplace of the largest prehistoric culture of Europe, the Vinča culture, as early as the 6th millennium In antiquity, the area of Belgrade was inhabited by the Thraco-Dacian tribe of Singi who would give the name to the city after a fortress was founded in the 3rd century BC by the Celts, who named it Singidun (dun, fortress) It was awarded city rights by the Romans before it was permanently settled by Serbs from the 7th century onwards. As a strategic location, the city was battled over in 115 wars and razed to the ground 44 times since the ancient period by countless armies of the East and West. In medieval times, it was in the possession of Byzantine, Frankish, Bulgarian, Hungarian and Serbian rulers. In 1521 Belgrade was conquered by the Ottomans and became the seat of the Pashaluk of Belgrade, as the principal city of Ottoman Europe and among the largest European cities. Frequently passing from Ottoman to Austrian rule which saw destruction of most of the city, the status of Serbian capital would be regained only in 1841, after the ...

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NEW-2009 The City of Devis2000 - BELGRADE Capital City of Serbia HQ - High QUality

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Duration: 8:56
Updated: 27 Jul 2012

Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. The city lies on two international waterways, at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkan Peninsula. With a population of 1630000 (official estimate 2007)[3], Belgrade is the largest city in the territory of the former Yugoslavia, second largest city on the Danube river[4] and the third largest in Southeastern Europe,[5] after Istanbul and Athens. One of the oldest cities in Europe, with archeological finds tracing settlements as early as the 6th millennium BC,[6][7] Belgrade's wider city area was the birthplace of the largest prehistoric culture[8] of Europe, the Vinča culture.[9] The city was discovered by the Greeks,[10] founded and named by the Celts (White City, name it still bears),[11] awarded city rights by the Romans[12] before it was permanently settled by White Serbs from the 600s onwards. As a strategic key, the city was battled over in 115 international conflicts and razed to the ground 44 times[13] since the ancient period by countless armies of the East and West.[14] In medieval times, it was in the possession of Byzantine, Frankish, Bulgarian, Hungarian and Serbian rulers. In 1521 Belgrade was conquered by the Ottomans and became the seat of the Pashaluk of Belgrade, as the principal city of Ottoman Europe[15] and among the largest European cities.[16] Frequently passing from Ottoman to Austrian rule, the status of Serbian capital would be regained only in ...

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2010 - DISCOVER BELGRADE - Capital of Serbia - HD - High Definition Trailer

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Duration: 9:58
Updated: 18 Feb 2013

Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. The city lies on two international waterways, at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkan Peninsula. With a population of 1630000 (official estimate 2007) , Belgrade is the largest city in the territory of the former Yugoslavia, second largest city on the Danube river and the third largest in Southeastern Europe, after Istanbul and Athens. One of the oldest cities in Europe, with archeological finds tracing settlements as early as the 6th millennium BC, Belgrade's wider city area was the birthplace of the largest prehistoric culture of Europe, the Vinča culture. The city was discovered by the Greeks, founded and named by the Celts (White City, name it still bears), awarded city rights by the Romans before it was permanently settled by White Serbs from the 600s onwards. As a strategic key, the city was battled over in 115 international conflicts and razed to the ground 44 times since the ancient period by countless armies of the East and West. In medieval times, it was in the possession of Byzantine, Frankish, Bulgarian, Hungarian and Serbian rulers. In 1521 Belgrade was conquered by the Ottomans and became the seat of the Pashaluk of Belgrade, as the principal city of Ottoman Europe and among the largest European cities. Frequently passing from Ottoman to Austrian rule, the status of Serbian capital would be regained only in 1841, after the Serbian revolution. Northern ...

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Chaina: City of Kashgar, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region1 カシュガルの街1

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Duration: 5:26
Updated: 05 Jul 2012

From my trip to the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in June 2012. 2012年6月中国新疆ウイグル自治区へ旅行から

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ENGINEERING AN EMPIRE | Da Vinci's World Part 1

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Duration: 9:11
Updated: 12 Feb 2013

After the fall of Rome, fell into a dark sleep, and wasn't reawakened until the 11th century. Autonomous city-states emerged and these tiny republics began to revitalize their cities and build on a massive level not witnessed since the rise of Rome . In the late 15th and 16th centuries, alliances among various city-states continually shifted as foreign superpowers tried to sink their claws into . The masters who are best known for creating the works of art and architecture of the Renaissance, were also the greatest military and civil engineers of the time. Peter Weller hosts.

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ENGINEERING AN EMPIRE | Da Vinci's World Part 2

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Duration: 7:48
Updated: 12 Feb 2013

After the fall of Rome, fell into a dark sleep, and wasn't reawakened until the 11th century. Autonomous city-states emerged and these tiny republics began to revitalize their cities and build on a massive level not witnessed since the rise of Rome . In the late 15th and 16th centuries, alliances among various city-states continually shifted as foreign superpowers tried to sink their claws into . The masters who are best known for creating the works of art and architecture of the Renaissance, were also the greatest military and civil engineers of the time. Peter Weller hosts.

http://wn.com/ENGINEERING_AN_EMPIRE_|_Da_Vinci's_World_Part_2

ENGINEERING AN EMPIRE | Da Vinci's World Part 3

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Duration: 9:41
Updated: 12 Feb 2013

After the fall of Rome, fell into a dark sleep, and wasn't reawakened until the 11th century. Autonomous city-states emerged and these tiny republics began to revitalize their cities and build on a massive level not witnessed since the rise of Rome . In the late 15th and 16th centuries, alliances among various city-states continually shifted as foreign superpowers tried to sink their claws into . The masters who are best known for creating the works of art and architecture of the Renaissance, were also the greatest military and civil engineers of the time. Peter Weller hosts.

http://wn.com/ENGINEERING_AN_EMPIRE_|_Da_Vinci's_World_Part_3

ENGINEERING AN EMPIRE | Da Vinci's World Part 4

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Duration: 8:45
Updated: 07 Sep 2012

After the fall of Rome, fell into a dark sleep, and wasn't reawakened until the 11th century. Autonomous city-states emerged and these tiny republics began to revitalize their cities and build on a massive level not witnessed since the rise of Rome . In the late 15th and 16th centuries, alliances among various city-states continually shifted as foreign superpowers tried to sink their claws into . The masters who are best known for creating the works of art and architecture of the Renaissance, were also the greatest military and civil engineers of the time. Peter Weller hosts.

http://wn.com/ENGINEERING_AN_EMPIRE_|_Da_Vinci's_World_Part_4

ENGINEERING AN EMPIRE | Da Vinci's World Part 5

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Duration: 7:05
Updated: 12 Jan 2013

After the fall of Rome, fell into a dark sleep, and wasn't reawakened until the 11th century. Autonomous city-states emerged and these tiny republics began to revitalize their cities and build on a massive level not witnessed since the rise of Rome . In the late 15th and 16th centuries, alliances among various city-states continually shifted as foreign superpowers tried to sink their claws into . The masters who are best known for creating the works of art and architecture of the Renaissance, were also the greatest military and civil engineers of the time. Peter Weller hosts.

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Squats, Social Centers and Autonomous Spaces - I

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Duration: 15:00
Updated: 29 Jul 2012

Conversation on housing and community building in the city Squats, Social Centers and Autonomous Spaces. 4/9/11 at Elmer Holmes Bobst Library/ Tamiment Libarry Squatting is a key activist tactic to address the needs for housing and space for political action. Together with occupation, this kind of organized trespass is becoming increasingly important in our repertoire of direct action tactics today. What is the present-day experience of squatting as a political act? In other countries, occupied social centers organize political activity in the cities. Is US squatting hopelessly disorganized and decentralized? What have been the challenges of opening new spaces? What have been the challenges and rewards of passing on knowledge from one generation to the next? --Alan Moore: Co-founder of both ABC NoRio and Colab. *Live from Paris @ La Generale. --Howard Brandstein: Homesteading organizer and Director of Sixth St. Community Center. ---Frank Morales: Episcopal priest, squatter and housing organizer. --Marta Rosario: A long time resident at Umbrella House Squat artist, and child advocate. --Ryan Acuff: Housing organizer and member of Take Back the Land. Moderators: --Amy Starecheski: Oral historian, doctoral student in Anthropology at the CUNY Graduate Center, she is doing a dissertation research with former squatters in New York City. and former squatter. --Sebastian Gutierrez: Teacher in the CUNY's Hunter College Film & Media program and documents testimonial video events in ...

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Beograd Kalemegdan, Belgrade Kalemegdan. HD

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Duration: 5:07
Updated: 17 Feb 2013

Belgrade (Serbian: Београд, Beograd pronounced is the capital and largest city of Serbia. The city lies at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. With a population of 1630000 (official estimate 2007),[3] Belgrade is the fourth largest city in Southeastern Europe, after Istanbul, Athens and Bucharest. Its name in Serbian translates to White city. Belgrade's wider city area was the birthplace of the largest prehistoric culture of Europe, the Vinča culture, as early as the 6th millennium In antiquity, the area of Belgrade was inhabited by the Thraco-Dacian tribe of Singi who would give the name to the city after a fortress was founded in the 3rd century BC by the Celts, who named it Singidun (dun, fortress) It was awarded city rights by the Romans before it was permanently settled by Serbs from the 7th century onwards. As a strategic location, the city was battled over in 115 wars and razed to the ground 44 times since the ancient period by countless armies of the East and West. In medieval times, it was in the possession of Byzantine, Frankish, Bulgarian, Hungarian and Serbian rulers. In 1521 Belgrade was conquered by the Ottomans and became the seat of the Pashaluk of Belgrade, as the principal city of Ottoman Europe and among the largest European cities. Frequently passing from Ottoman to Austrian rule which saw destruction of most of the city, the status of Serbian capital would be regained only in 1841, after the ...

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Ханты-Мансийск ( Khanty-Mansiysk City )

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Duration: 3:19
Updated: 17 Feb 2013

Khanty-Mansiysk is the Administrative, historical, cultural, and sports center of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug — Yugra and is an Oil boom town . located on the Irtysh River. It is one of Russia's richest cities and an Oil hub in Western Siberia. the City is a centre of skiing/alpine skiing of the universal importance. Biathlon World Championships, Mixed Biathlon Relays, International Chess World Cup have been held in the city and region, Tourism is also a big part of the city's economy. Today Khanty-Mansiysk is a flourishing town, which in recent years has received considerable foreign investment. a proposed 280-metre high skyscraper will be built overlooking the whole city. When it is built, the Crystal Skyscraper will be one of the tallest buildings in Russia. City Population ( 2010 ) : 75000 Ethnic Groups: Russians, Khanty, Mansi, Ukrainians, Nenets, Komi, Tatars, Bashkirs, Komi, Chuvash, Belorussians

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Mission Brandenburger Tor: Autonomous Car in Berlin

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Duration: 3:12
Updated: 17 Feb 2013

Video of "MadeInGermany" during the autonomous drive in Berlin's city center on Sept. 24, 2011 (four runs over a 20 Km path) See: www.autonomos-labs.de More videos Brain and eye controlled intelligent wheelchair.: www.youtube.com eyeDriver - Steering a real car using SMI's eyetracker: www.youtube.com Autonomous Taxi ('Beam me up autonomous car') www.youtube.com BrainDriver - a mind controlled car: www.youtube.com iDriver - iPhone remote controlled car: www.youtube.com

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Buenos Aires, the centre and some districts. Argentina

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Duration: 20:55
Updated: 22 Nov 2012

Buenos Aires - official name Autonomous City of Buenos Aires - is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. The name means 'fair winds' in Spanish. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent. Greater Buenos Aires conurbation, which also includes several Buenos Aires Province districts, constitutes the third-largest conurbation in Latin America, with a population of around thirteen million. The City of Buenos Aires has 48 districts called barrios. The most important and visited are: - Microcentro — downtown, an ideal location for visitors to be near to the main historical spots of the Argentinean capital. Florida Street is located downtown and is a famous pedestrian street of the city, where visitors can do window shopping and buy clothes and other usual city goods. It has somewhat deteriorated into a tourist trap though so don't expect too much authenticity here. - San Telmo — this district preserves colonial-style houses along narrow cobblestone lanes, illuminated with pretty wrought iron lanterns. In San Telmo, one breathes the history of Buenos Aires. There is also a very exciting, underground nightlife scene. - La Boca — considered Buenos Aires's most controversial neighborhood with an explosive personality. Tourists favor this picturesque district for its rich history and vibrant colors: greens, yellows ...

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Squats, Social Centers and Autonomous Spaces - V

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Duration: 14:38
Updated: 22 Apr 2011

Conversation on housing and community building in the city Squats, Social Centers and Autonomous Spaces. 4/9/11 at Elmer Holmes Bobst Library/ Tamiment Libarry Squatting is a key activist tactic to address the needs for housing and space for political action. Together with occupation, this kind of organized trespass is becoming increasingly important in our repertoire of direct action tactics today. What is the present-day experience of squatting as a political act? In other countries, occupied social centers organize political activity in the cities. Is US squatting hopelessly disorganized and decentralized? What have been the challenges of opening new spaces? What have been the challenges and rewards of passing on knowledge from one generation to the next? --Alan Moore: Co-founder of both ABC NoRio and Colab. *Live from Paris @ La Generale. --Howard Brandstein: Homesteading organizer and Director of Sixth St. Community Center. ---Frank Morales: Episcopal priest, squatter and housing organizer. --Marta Rosario: A long time resident at Umbrella House Squat artist, and child advocate. --Ryan Acuff: Housing organizer and member of Take Back the Land. Moderators: --Amy Starecheski: Oral historian, doctoral student in Anthropology at the CUNY Graduate Center, she is doing a dissertation research with former squatters in New York City. and former squatter. --Sebastian Gutierrez: Teacher in the CUNY's Hunter College Film & Media program and documents testimonial video events in ...

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Let's Play Rise of Persia: Persian Campaign EP3

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Duration: 15:00
Updated: 09 Dec 2012

The Autonomous city of Ystasis is the first to fall, adding that region into the growing empire of Kurus! Just for all you new subscribers, who may be looking for Norman Invasion or Roma Surrectum 2 vids, I will be posting more of them soon! I'm going to be doing an even rotation of the three mods!

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