The fatal accident with a car Tesla equipped with a kind of “auto pilot” limited in the United States, raised questions about the technology of autonomous cars. There is a “race” between the companies to be the first to launch a vehicle that walk alone, but in addition to the scientific challenges, there are many obstacles to this come true. The G1 gathered 10 questions to understand the technology and you walk it is.
1) What is an autonomous car?
2) Car rugged Tesla was autonomous?
3) it has autonomous car for sale?
4) When they are common?
5) autonomous car is safer?
6) car autonomous is permitted by law?
7) Who will be the first to launch
8) Brazil will have autonomous car?
9) There is truck, bus and motorcycle with this technology?
10) the industry thinks that in the future, no one will drive?
1) what is an autonomous car?
it is the car driving alone, using computers to interpret data sent by radar and sensors to detect traffic around obstacles on the track and determine the path to be followed, speed, etc.
the idea is that, when this technology can be applied in full, the driver is a car occupant can take the path of time to do other things, like work or relax without worrying about the road.
2) the rugged Tesla car was autonomous?
not quite. The Tesla Model S is a system that is semi-autonomous, that is, an “automatic pilot” limited. When activated, the car drives alone within certain limits and under certain rules, such as the driver having to keep your hands on the steering wheel, to show that you can reassume control of the car at any time.
In addition to the Tesla, other automakers have this system. In Brazil it sold the Volvo XC90, which has the semiautonomous mode, limited to a speed of 50 km / h. Here’s how it works in the video below:
3) It has autonomous car for sale
There is still not a fully autonomous car, but several automakers are testing this technology . It has been partially applied in cars for sale, in systems such as parking assistant (maneuvering the car), automatic braking, among others (see list at end of article) .
4) When the autonomous cars will be common?
Several automakers say they will launch fully autonomous vehicles in the next decade. BMW, for example, said it will mass production in 5 years, in 2021. However, the sale of such vehicles depends not only on technology, but laws that authorize and determine rules for the system, and infrastructure preparedness cities coexist with autonomous cars.
5) autonomous car is safer?
the automakers and technology companies say the purpose of the autonomous car is this. They argue that the system will prevent accidents.
Volvo, for example, has this type of vehicle to achieve a goal of zero deaths in their vehicles by 2020.
However, tests show that there are still flaws in the system. The car used by Google, for example, been involved in accidents in the US that the company says were caused by distracted drivers of other vehicles. But last February, the autonomous vehicle would have caused a hit for the first time on a bus.
According to the records of the accident, the computer did not judge correctly what the coach would do and hit the side of the vehicle skirting obstacles on the track. No one was injured.
The accident Tesla Model S, which is not a fully autonomous car, is considered the first in a vehicle with this type of technology, albeit limited. The case is still investigated, but the manufacturer believes that the sensors have not detected the truck suddenly crossed the track ahead of the car, which collided with the vehicle. There is no conclusion, however, about the accident could have been avoided.
6) The autonomous car is allowed by law?
Some countries, like the US, Japan and Sweden allow testing autonomous cars on streets and roads, provided there is a person inside the car that can take control if necessary. Google has pushed the US government to release tests without the presence of people in the car.
As the technology is still in testing, there are definitions of the sale of these cars and what are the rules for them rotate .
7) who will be the first to throw?
Some companies talk about launching the first fully autonomous car in the next decade, but it is not possible to predict who will be the first.
Almost all major automakers have projects on autonomous cars. Technology companies such as Google, have also entered this “race”.
In some cases, the two sectors are working together, and in partnership with BMW with Intel and Mobileye, expert systems that help the driver.
8) Brazil will have autonomous car?
the projects of car manufacturers are concentrated in the uS, Europe and Japan, but some universities test this type of system independently without connection to automakers. Last year, the G1 took a housewife and a student to take a walk in the autonomous car of the University of São Paulo. See how in the video below:
For now, no company showed what your sales plans. Beyond the legal issue, the cost of technology shortly after the release can be an obstacle to the arrival of these cars to the country:. At least initially, an autonomous car should be expensive
9) There ? truck, bus and motorcycle with this technology
Mercedes-Benz tests a standalone truck: last October, he ran on a public road for the first time in Germany, reaching up to 80 km / h.
Yamaha also tests a “moto-robot”, which should “challenge” next year, the pilot Valentino Rossi, to see who is fastest on the track. But the manufacturer says it intends to use the technology not only for motorcycles. The G1 showed the bike at the Tokyo Motor Show last year; see below.
10) The industry thinks that in the future, no one will drive?
No. The companies believe the technology will be an alternative for motorists in case of heavy traffic, for example.
For Carlos Ghosn, who heads Renault / Nissan, no difference between driverless car and the autonomous : the first will be of commercial use by Google and Uber, for example. The purpose of the Japanese automaker with autonomy, he explains, is to option the driver to leave the steering wheel when you want: “.. Is to make his life easier He chooses addresses (at the time) or not”
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