Efficient training of artificial neural networks for autonomous navigation

  • Authors:
  • Dean A. Pomerleau

  • Affiliations:
  • School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA

  • Venue:
  • Neural Computation
  • Year:
  • 1991

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Abstract

The ALVINN (Autonomous Land Vehicle In a Neural Network) project addresses the problem of training artificial neural networks in real time to perform difficult perception tasks. ALVINN is a backpropagation network designed to drive the CMU Navlab, a modified Chevy van. This paper describes the training techniques that allow ALVINN to learn in under 5 minutes to autonomously control the Navlab by watching the reactions of a human driver. Using these techniques, ALVINN has been trained to drive in a variety of circumstances including single-lane paved and unpaved roads, and multilane lined and unlined roads, at speeds of up to 20 miles per hour.