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19991990s
Sebastian Thrun
Innovative roboticist and educator who pioneered probabilistic robotics and autonomous vehicles.
Organizations
Carnegie Mellon UniversityStanford UniversityGoogle XUdacity
Major Achievements
- •Co-authored 'Probabilistic Robotics', making statistical methods the absolute standard for robots navigating uncertainty.
- •Led the Stanford team whose robotic car 'Stanley' won the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge.
- •Founded Google X and the self-driving car project that became Waymo.
- •Co-founded Udacity to democratize AI education.
Key Papers
- Stanley: The Robot That Won the DARPA Grand Challenge
Sebastian Thrun · Journal of Field Robotics · 2006
Videos
What AI is -- and isn't | Sebastian Thrun and Chris Anderson
TED
Sebastian Thrun, Founder of Udacity | The Brave Ones
CNBC International Live