Photos: UA's self-driving vehicle
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Nine college students from the U.S. and Puerto Rico test their tech savvy on the driverless SUV in Tucson.
UA's self-driving vehicle
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Kaitlyn Oura, left, a UA student, rides shotgun while the UA's Cognitive and Autonomous Test, or CAT, vehicle uses forward sensors to follow Christopher Alicea, right, from the Inter American University of Puerto Rico.
UA's self-driving vehicle
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George Gunter, left, from the University of Illinois, works with UA program mentor Rahul Bhadani, to sync their laptops to the vehicle's WiFi.
UA's self-driving vehicle
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Yuriy Slashcher, from Stony Brook University, right, works with UA program mentor Rahul Bhadani, left, to get their team's hardware synced to the vehicle.
UA's self-driving vehicle
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Kaitlyn Oura, a University of Arizona student, rides shotgun while the UA's Cognitive and Autonomous Test, or CAT, vehicle negotiates a turn.
UA's self-driving vehicle
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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Kaitlyn Oura, a University of Arizona student, rides along hands-free while the UA's Cognitive and Autonomous Test, or CAT, vehicle negotiates a turn.
UA's self-driving vehicle
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Larry Head, director of the Transportation Research Institute, opens the C.A.T. Vehicle's hatch showing the hardware used to power the SUV's autonomous components.
UA's self-driving vehicle
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George Gunter, from the University of Illinois, and William Silloway, from Kennesaw State University, troubleshoot connectivity issues.
UA's self-driving vehicle
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Program mentor Rahul Bhadani views LiDAR imagery produced from a Velodyne sensor atop the University of Arizona's Cognitive and Autonomous Test, or CAT, vehicle.
UA's self-driving vehicle
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Teams prepare to run a program on the University of Arizona's Cognitive and Autonomous Test, or CAT, vehicle.
UA's self-driving vehicle
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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A team prepares to run a program on the University of Arizona's Cognitive and Autonomous Test, or CAT, vehicle.
UA's self-driving vehicle
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Kaitlyn Oura, left, a UA student, rides shotgun while the UA's Cognitive and Autonomous Test, or CAT, vehicle uses forward sensors to follow Christopher Alicea, right, from the Inter American University of Puerto Rico.
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