Photos: Students program driverless car at UA
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U.S. and international students were in Tucson for the 2017 CAT Vehicle Challenge, sponsored by the National Science Foundation and MathWorks. Students wrote software to make the CAT vehicle "drive" itself.
2017 CAT Vehicle Challenge
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Huixu Deng, left, and Tiancheng Wang, of Missouri University of Science and Technology, work out the bugs in the software they wrote to drive the Cognitive and Autonomous Test, or CAT, vehicle near Old Main on the University of Arizona campus Tuesday April 25, 2017. U.S. and international students were in Tucson for the 2017 CAT Vehicle Challenge, sponsored by the National Science Foundation and MathWorks.
2017 CAT Vehicle Challenge
- Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
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Matt Bunting, left, and Kennon McKeever work together to help students test the software they wrote to make the Cognitive and Autonomous Test, or CAT, vehicle drive near Old Main on the University of Arizona campus on Tuesday April 25, 2017.
2017 CAT Vehicle Challenge
- Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
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A team rides in the Cognitive and Autonomous Test, or CAT, vehicle as it drives on the software written for it on the University of Arizona campus on Tuesday April 25, 2017. U.S. and international students were in Tucson for the 2017 CAT Vehicle Challenge, sponsored by the National Science Foundation and MathWorks.
2017 CAT Vehicle Challenge
- Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
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Kennon McKeever, a senior electrical and computer engineering works inside the Cognitive and Autonomous Test, or CAT, vehicle near Old Main on the University of Arizona campus. McKeever was helping students test software they wrote to drive the CAT, vehicle on Tuesday April 25, 2017.
2017 CAT Vehicle Challenge
- Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
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A team rides in the Cognitive and Autonomous Test, or CAT, vehicle as it drives on the software written for it on the University of Arizona campus on Tuesday April 25, 2017. U.S. and international students were in Tucson for the 2017 CAT Vehicle Challenge, sponsored by the National Science Foundation and MathWorks.
2017 CAT Vehicle Challenge
- Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
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Lucas Torres, left, and Manuel Arias of the University of Bio Bio in Chile work on in the software they wrote to drive the Cognitive and Autonomous Test, or CAT, vehicle near Old Main on the University of Arizona campus Tuesday April 25, 2017.
2017 CAT Vehicle Challenge
- Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
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From left to right, Niam Jenwei, Toni Rosinol and Frank Fu from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, enjoy the sunshine as they work on the software they wrote to drive the Cognitive and Autonomous Test, or CAT, vehicle near Old Main on the University of Arizona campus Tuesday April 25, 2017. U.S. and international students were in Tucson for the 2017 CAT Vehicle Challenge, sponsored by the National Science Foundation and MathWorks.
2017 CAT Vehicle Challenge
- Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
Huixu Deng, left, and Tiancheng Wang, of Missouri University of Science and Technology, work out the bugs in the software they wrote to drive the Cognitive and Autonomous Test, or CAT, vehicle near Old Main on the University of Arizona campus Tuesday April 25, 2017. U.S. and international students were in Tucson for the 2017 CAT Vehicle Challenge, sponsored by the National Science Foundation and MathWorks.
2017 CAT Vehicle Challenge
- Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
Matt Bunting, left, and Kennon McKeever work together to help students test the software they wrote to make the Cognitive and Autonomous Test, or CAT, vehicle drive near Old Main on the University of Arizona campus on Tuesday April 25, 2017.
2017 CAT Vehicle Challenge
- Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
A team rides in the Cognitive and Autonomous Test, or CAT, vehicle as it drives on the software written for it on the University of Arizona campus on Tuesday April 25, 2017. U.S. and international students were in Tucson for the 2017 CAT Vehicle Challenge, sponsored by the National Science Foundation and MathWorks.
2017 CAT Vehicle Challenge
- Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
Kennon McKeever, a senior electrical and computer engineering works inside the Cognitive and Autonomous Test, or CAT, vehicle near Old Main on the University of Arizona campus. McKeever was helping students test software they wrote to drive the CAT, vehicle on Tuesday April 25, 2017.
2017 CAT Vehicle Challenge
- Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
A team rides in the Cognitive and Autonomous Test, or CAT, vehicle as it drives on the software written for it on the University of Arizona campus on Tuesday April 25, 2017. U.S. and international students were in Tucson for the 2017 CAT Vehicle Challenge, sponsored by the National Science Foundation and MathWorks.
2017 CAT Vehicle Challenge
- Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
Lucas Torres, left, and Manuel Arias of the University of Bio Bio in Chile work on in the software they wrote to drive the Cognitive and Autonomous Test, or CAT, vehicle near Old Main on the University of Arizona campus Tuesday April 25, 2017.
2017 CAT Vehicle Challenge
- Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
From left to right, Niam Jenwei, Toni Rosinol and Frank Fu from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, enjoy the sunshine as they work on the software they wrote to drive the Cognitive and Autonomous Test, or CAT, vehicle near Old Main on the University of Arizona campus Tuesday April 25, 2017. U.S. and international students were in Tucson for the 2017 CAT Vehicle Challenge, sponsored by the National Science Foundation and MathWorks.
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