Vehicle systems, connected and automated driving, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd, Otaniemi, Espoo, Finland

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Published on Feb 26, 2017

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VTT Marilyn the robotcar

Published on May 18, 2017

VTT Marilyn automated vehicle, first time on the public roads in Finland -captured from drone's perspective!

"VTT's autonomous cars take to public roads and start communicating with each other"

May 18, 2017

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Connected and Automated Driving by #VTTMarilyn and Martti

Published on Aug 17, 2017

The video shows how the robot car couple of VTT (Marilyn and Martti) are able to interact when approching intersection for avoiding collisions. The cars are equiped with ITS G5 (IEEE 802.11p) devices and latest on-board sensor technology.

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RobotCar Martti - first automated car driving in snowy Aurora E8 road conditions

Published on Dec 14, 2017

The RobotCar Martti is driving in snowy conditions. The speed is 40 km/h which might be the world record in real roads and heavy snow without lane markings available. The car is using accurate positioning and inertia unit and also cameras and laser scanners for obstacle detection.

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Automated Driving in fog with 1550 nm LiDAR

Published on Jul 8, 2018

VTT’s robot car Marilyn is driving through to fog wall with using 1550 nm LiDAR technology. The car drives fully automated mode through to narrow tent full of fog and avoids accident with a pedestrian. The car first try to drive with 905 nm laser scanner but recognises the fog wall to be an obstacle. Then 1550 nm LiDAR is activated for seeing in dense fog.