Self - guided cars are an area in which the Google has given special emphasis, and continues to do so, improving it software her.
As the company announced, since its last update until now, it has recorded thousands of miles of routes on its roads Mountain View of California (where its headquarters are located).
"A city driving mile is much more complex than an open-road driving mile, with hundreds of different objects moving along different road rules in a small area. We've upgraded our software so we can track hundreds of distinct objects at the same time - pedestrians, buses, stop signals from traffickers, or cyclists who make turn signals. A self-guided car can take care of it all in a way that a person is unable - and never tire of distraction, "writes Chris Erson, director of the company's self-guided car program, in the company's official blog.
As he points out, what appears chaotic and random to the human eye on city streets is predictable to computers. “As we faced thousands of different situations, we built software models for what to expect, from the probable (a car stopped at a red light) to the improbable (a car running a red light). We still have many problems to solve, including teaching the vehicle to drive on more roads in Mountain View before going to another city, but thousands of situations on city roads that two years ago would have given us problems can now be handled autonomously,” he adds. .
According to Erson, the company's vehicles have now recorded about 700.000 miles of autonomous course.
At the same time, in a similar context, the "Drive Me" pilot program is starting in Gothenburg, Sweden, with the support της σουηδικής κυβέρνησης, με 100 αυτοοδηγούμενα Volvo. Στόχος είναι να εξεταστούν τα οικονομικά, περιβαλλοντικά και κοινωνικά πλεονεκτήματα που συνεπάγεται η χρήση των αυτόνομων οχημάτων και να εξοικειωθεί το κοινό με τη νέα technology. The first vehicles are expected to hit the city's roads in 2017.
Source: naftemporiki.gr
