Robot Hilare 1, 1977
An acronym of "Heuristiques Intégrées aux Logiciels et aux Automatisms dans un Robot Évolutif". Designed in 1977 at the LAAS, it is viewed as the first French mobile robot capable of moving around autonomously in an unknown environment. It is equipped with ultrasound sensors to detect nearby obstacles, an orientable laser telemeter to model the environment and an odometer.
The magazine Robotics Age (Spring 1980) goes into greater, very cool detail here: cyberneticzoo.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Hilare-Robot...
Robot Hilare 1, 1977
An acronym of "Heuristiques Intégrées aux Logiciels et aux Automatisms dans un Robot Évolutif". Designed in 1977 at the LAAS, it is viewed as the first French mobile robot capable of moving around autonomously in an unknown environment. It is equipped with ultrasound sensors to detect nearby obstacles, an orientable laser telemeter to model the environment and an odometer.
The magazine Robotics Age (Spring 1980) goes into greater, very cool detail here: cyberneticzoo.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Hilare-Robot...