Bundeswehr University Munich · research vehicle
VaMoRs
A 5-tonne Mercedes-Benz van rebuilt so computers could steer, accelerate and brake from real-time camera images.
- Price
- —research vehicle, not sold
- Autonomy
- SupervisedHow it runs
- Driverless
- Not yetSafety driver on board
- Fleet
- —Not published
- Speed
- 96.0 km/hFaster than 50%
- Range
- —Not published
Why it matters
One of the first vision-guided road vehicles; it drove itself in 1986 and reached 96 km/h on traffic-free roads by 1987.
Real-world use
No customers or deployments reported yet.
Timeline
- Released
- Not yet
Maker
Bundeswehr University MunichCompanyHow 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
- Traffic-free roads, Germany (research)
How it stacks up
Against other research pioneers that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
VaMoRs is faster than 50% 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
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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.
Lineage
Every Bundeswehr University Munich (Ernst Dickmanns) vehicle in order.
Bundeswehr University Munich also makes 1 humanoid. See every Bundeswehr University Munich robot
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. Few robots match closely, so these are the nearest matches. How we choose
| Measure | VaMoRsBundeswehr University Munich (Ernst Dickmanns) |  Navlab 1Carnegie Mellon University Robotics InstituteSame job: research · Both on wheels · Both past robots |  Navlab 2Carnegie Mellon University Robotics InstituteSame job: research · Both on wheels · Both past robots |
|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 1986-12 | 1986 | 1990 |
| Status | Retired | Retired | Retired |
| Height | — | — | — |
| Weight | — | — | — |
| Joints | — | — | — |
| Speed | 96 km/h | 32 km/h | 110 km/h |
| Payload | — | — | — |
| Battery | — | — | — |
| Price | — | — | — |
Sources
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