Automated vehicles, in the form we see today, started off-road. Ideas,
technologies, and engineers came from agriculture, aerospace, and other off-road
domains. While there are cases when only on-road experience will provide the
necessary learning to advance automated driving systems, there is much relevant
activity in off-road domains that receives less attention.
Implications of Off-road Automation for On-road Automated Driving
Systems argues that one way to accelerate on-road ADS development is
to look at similar experiences off-road. There are plenty of people who see this
connection, but there is no formalized system for exchanging knowledge.