VisLab · research vehicle
BRAiVE
VisLab's successor to ARGO, a car with sensors built into the body that was shown in 2009 and later used for driverless trials in Parma.
- Price
- —research vehicle, not sold
- Autonomy
- DriverlessHow it runs
- Driverless
- Not yetSafety driver on board
- Fleet
- —Not published
- Speed
- —Not published
- Range
- —Not published
Why it matters
On 12 July 2013 (the PROUD test) it drove about 20 minutes through downtown Parma in working-day traffic, handling roundabouts, lights and crossings with no human intervention.
Real-world use
No customers or deployments reported yet.
Timeline
- Released
- Not yet
Maker
VisLabCompanyHow 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
- Parma, Italy (2013 PROUD test)
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 2026-10-14; same method for every robot. How it is measured
What’s inside
No component details published yet.
- Movement
- Wheeled base
- How it runs
- Fully autonomous. Does its job with nobody at the controls.
Lineage
Every VisLab (University of Parma) vehicle in order.
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 | BRAiVEVisLab (University of Parma) |  Google self-driving Toyota PriusGoogle (Project Chauffeur, later Waymo)Same job: research · Both on wheels · Both past robots |  Mercedes-Benz S 500 Intelligent Drive (Bertha Benz drive)Daimler with Karlsruhe Institute of TechnologySame job: research · Both on wheels · Both past robots |
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| First shown | 2009 | 2010-10 | 2013-08 |
| Status | Retired | Retired | Retired |
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Sources
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