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thumb|250px|H1ghlander beginning its part of the race
'''H1ghlander''' is an autonomous vehicle. Created by Carnegie Mellon University's Red Team, it is a heavily modified 1999 HUMMER H1. It competed in the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge.<ref> {{Cite web |url=https://spectrum.ieee.org/cmu-solves-12-year-old-darpa-grand-challenge-mystery |title=Carnegie Mellon Solves 12-Year-Old DARPA Grand Challenge Mystery |last=Ackerman |first=Evan |date=19 Oct 2017 |website=IEEE Spectrum |publisher=IEEE |access-date=24 Nov 2024 |quote=}}</ref>
The sensors used by H1ghlander include LIDAR laser-ranging units, one steerable LIDAR (in the globe on top), GPS and an inertial navigation system. The GPS/INS system was an Applanix POS/LV system.
==DARPA Grand Challenge== H1ghlander competed in the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge on October 8, qualifying in the pole position and finished in 7 hours and 14 minutes, placing 3rd out of the five vehicles to complete the 132 mile (212 km) course. It was preceded, in second place, by Sandstorm, its sister vehicle.
==Cultural references== The Hummer driven by Denzel Washington in the movie ''Déjà Vu'' was heavily based on H1ghlander, sharing a similar gimbal dome on the top, SICK laser sensors in the same positions, a camera tube on the side of the vehicle, and many other visual similarities. ''See [http://imdb.com/title/tt0453467/trivia IMDB Trivia for Déjà Vu].''
==See also== {{Portal|Cars}} * Driverless car
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==External links== * [http://www.redteamracing.org/ Carnegie Mellon Red Team Racing] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060424075938/http://www.redteamracing.org/ |date=2006-04-24 }}
Category:Experimental self-driving cars Category:Carnegie Mellon Vehicles and Rovers Category:DARPA Grand Challenge