Daimler-Benz · research vehicle
VITA-2
Daimler-Benz's autonomous Mercedes S-Class, the twin of VaMP, built on the same Bundeswehr University vision approach.
- Price
- —research vehicle, not sold
- Autonomy
- SupervisedHow it runs
- Driverless
- Not yetSafety driver on board
- Fleet
- —Not published
- Speed
- 130.0 km/hFaster than 83%
- Range
- —Not published
Why it matters
Shared the October 1994 PROMETHEUS demonstration with VaMP, driving more than 1,000 km in normal Paris-area traffic at up to 130 km/h.
Real-world use
No customers or deployments reported yet.
Maker
Daimler-BenzCompanyHow it drives
Fleet and city figures move fast; each carries its date and who reported it.
- Driverless status
- Safety driver on board
- Where it runs
- Autoroute A1 near Paris (1994)
How it stacks up
Against other research pioneers that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
VITA-2 is faster than 83% of the 6 other research pioneers that publish a speed. Bars show the 6 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: height, weight, payload, joints, battery, price.
Public attention
A historic robot: no longer sold or in use, so it is not ranked against current vehicles.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- No recent press stories listed yet
Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-13; same method for every robot. How it is measured
What’s inside
No component details published yet.
- Movement
- Wheeled base
- How it runs
- Supervised. Works by itself while a person watches and steps in.
From the maker
VITA-2 is the only vehicle from Daimler-Benz (EUREKA PROMETHEUS) in the atlas.
Made, sold and where
No production or sales figures published yet.
- Price
- Not publishedresearch vehicle, not sold
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
Side by side with its peers
Picked by the same rules for every robot: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. How we choose
| Measure | No public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to useVITA-2Daimler-Benz (EUREKA PROMETHEUS) |  VaMPBundeswehr University Munich with Mercedes-Benz (EUREKA PROMETHEUS)Same job: research · Both on wheels · Both past robots |  Navlab 5Carnegie Mellon University Robotics InstituteSame job: research · Both on wheels · Both past robots |
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| First shown | 1994-10 | 1994-10 | 1995-07 |
| Status | Retired | Retired | Retired |
| Height | — | — | — |
| Weight | — | — | — |
| Joints | — | — | — |
| Speed | 130 km/h | 175 km/h | — |
| Payload | — | — | — |
| Battery | — | — | — |
| Price | — | — | — |
Sources
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