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Duckietown was born as a class, for thinkers and makers, at the Massachussetts Institute of Technology in 2016. The objective was to build an experimental mobility on demand system from scratch for the rubber citizens of Duckietown.
After four years from inception, a Kickstarter, hundreds of contributors and lots and lots of duckies, Duckietown has helped thousand of learners in over 100 universities, 40 companies & research labs and hundreds of households in over 50 countries discover state-of-the-art autonomy (robotics and AI).
Today, we provide open-source autonomy software, classroom materials, simulation environment, datasets, a standardized hardware ecosystem including a modular research studio for reproducible robotics research, and distribute them internationally.
Join the ride and learn state-of-the-art autonomy the practical and fun way!
After four years from inception, a Kickstarter, hundreds of contributors and lots and lots of duckies, Duckietown has helped thousand of learners in over 100 universities, 40 companies & research labs and hundreds of households in over 50 countries discover state-of-the-art autonomy (robotics and AI).
Today, we provide open-source autonomy software, classroom materials, simulation environment, datasets, a standardized hardware ecosystem including a modular research studio for reproducible robotics research, and distribute them internationally.
Join the ride and learn state-of-the-art autonomy the practical and fun way!
Overview
Location
United States, Massachusetts, Cambridge
Employees
11-50
Founded date
2018
Mentions in press and media 4
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| Jun 20, 2022 | Интересный метод построения карт на основе движения робота | В современном мире, где робот пылесос является обыденностью, а статьи про новые автопилотируемые автомобили публикуются регулярно, давно не секрет, что для своих задач эти чудо машины строят карту движения, чтобы знать куда ехать.Проблема с... |
| Sep 10, 2020 | DuckieNet lets developers test autonomous vehicle systems using toy cars | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more. Robotics research has a reproducibility problem, owing in part to robots’ myriad interacting components. These components tend to be co... |
| Sep 10, 2020 | DuckieNet lets developers test autonomous vehicle systems using toy cars | Robotics research has a reproducibility problem, owing in part to robots’ myriad interacting components. These components tend to be complex, only partially observable, and trained with AI techniques where performance varies greatly across ... |
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FAQ about Duckietown
When was Duckietown founded?
Duckietown was founded in 2018.
What has the press written about Duckietown?
Parsers VC has collected 4 articles mentioning Duckietown, among them “Интересный метод построения карт на основе движения робота” (Jun 20, 2022) and “DuckieNet lets developers test autonomous vehicle systems using toy cars” (Sep 10, 2020).
Is Duckietown still active?
Yes, Duckietown is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Jun 20, 2022.