The Race Is On For Building The New
“Driverless Car“
Think For A While …
How The Next Generation Cars Will Be Powered ?
How The Autonomous Vehicles Could Affect The Transportation System ?
Don’t you think it’s a
decade long process?
Who will build the self-driving car of the future?
And most awaiting question
Yes, of course Google is the clear leader in autonomous vehicle technology.
Contribution by Google :
Helps in general navigation
To detect obstacles it uses:
Cameras
Lasers
Radar
Speed is currently restricted to 25mph
Also it has an emergency stop button controlled by the passenger
Can see obstructions up to 600 feet away
It makes the car capable of perceiving its surroundings
The car will able to see the neighboring lanes & find gaps in traffic
It helps to recognize the obstacles
Also can differentiate the types of the obstacles such as :
Pedestrians
Bicyclists
Cars Signs
Traffic lights
The cars do not have steering wheel or any brake pedals
Contribution by AUDI:
Cameras mounted in the windscreen
and rear window that constantly collect images
Cameras combine with ultrasonic
sensors to build up 3D pictures
The car will be Controlled by computers
in the forward section which will let the car drive itself at around 70 mph
GPS improves location accuracy and
helps in tracking car’s position
Contribution by NISSAN:
Nissan’s forthcoming technology will allow a car to navigate itself and improve a driver’s ability to see, think and react.
Nissan expects lane guidance
system and adaptive cruise control to use on highways by 2016
The sensors will continually monitor the
conditions in manual drive mode
Nissan introducing IDS (Intelligent driving
system) which will assist the driver in taking
appropriate action when any danger is sensed.
Contribution by GM:
General motors aims to have vehicle
to vehicle communication which
will help in sharing information between cars.
Implementing Super cruise technology which will allow the drivers take hands off the wheel while driving.
Also it helps the car to remain in its lane and control the speed automatically according to the traffic signals.
Contribution by TESLA:
It introduces the features which will keep the car in its lane and control the speed.
Many of its features are already in market in its “Model S” such as
Tesla only needs a software or a system to tie these all in a single system to build its Driverless car.
Besides these, there are some other companies investing millions of dollars on this forthcoming technology…
But the question is who will be the
first to accomplish this goal.
It’s just a matter of time .
But one thing is very clear that “ The race is on “….
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