Movie overwhelmed by the performance of automatic driving car without Google handle pedal

Google announces automatic driving car development projectFour years have elapsed in 2014, a prototype is finally completed, a test ride test for the general public is performed, and a movie showing the appearance is released. Also, you can see movies that you can understand well, such as "How the automatic driving car realizes safe automatic driving", "What was the background of development?"

Official Google Blog: Just press go: designing a self-driven vehicle
http://googleblog.blogspot.jp/2014/05/just-press-go-designing-self-driving.html

You can check the appearance of the prototype to the public in the following movie.

A First Drive - YouTube


Here are the people who participate in the test drive test of the prototype of the automatic driving car.


An automatic driving car appeared from among the trucks. The shape is German manufacturer "SmartIt is a feeling that made the automobile a little more rounded.


Participants say "I am cute, is not it?"


Participants getting on the prototype. Though there is a seatbelt, participants can not hide the color of surprise that the steering wheel and accelerator / brake pedal are not installed.


Put the buttons between the two seats when you get in.


During the test drive, the participants did not feel afraid, but rather showed a fun look.


Tida, one of the participants, said, "I was more fun than I thought but it was a lot of fun," he says the impression of an automated driving car.


According to Mr. Annie and Judy who were hanging out during the test ride, the automatic driving car does not need to drive, just sitting relaxed and taking me to the destination. Also, I was talking "Automatic driving car is better than my driving."


The movement of the prototype running through the road is very smooth.


"The automatic driving car accelerated at the timing to finish turning the corner gradually from about a little before penetrating into the turning corner It was safe driving as the model I learned at the driving school," said Walt Mr. Linda.


The sensor mounted on the prototype top surface recognizes objects on the road and provides safe driving.


However, no matter how much safety it was, I was grasping mother's hand firmly whether the child was a little irritating.


The visually impaired participant is showing the impression that "The automatic driving car regained what I lost in my life."


It is easy to see how the automatic driving car realizes safe automatic driving with the following movie.

A Ride in the Google Self Driving Car - YouTube


The automatic driving car that appears in this movie is based on Lexus.


Mr. Priscilla Knox said that he is giving feedback by commissioning an automatic driving car. The automatic driving car here has a handle and a pedal.


Automatic driving car running highway.


According to Mr. Knox, Google's automatic driving car carries GPS but it seems that it is not enough for the car to perceive the surrounding environment properly.


Self-driving car Kimo is also a sensor mounted on the top surface and constantly rotating.


This is the image that the sensor recognizes, and the view from the inside of the car is reflected on the lower left of the screen. On the lower left screen, check the 3 bicycles running on the right side road and the sign "STOP". In the image of the sensor, you can see that the bicycle is a red 3D model, the signboard is displayed as it is, and the sensor properly understands the surroundings.


While watching the image read by the sensor on the PC in the front passenger seat, check whether the sensor is operating correctly.


In order to understand complicated traffic conditions, the automatic driving car is required to have the same recognition ability as human beings.


For example, in the image below the bicycle is running on the right side road. The sensor can correctly recognize that the object is not a pedestrian but a bicycle.


When a person riding a bicycle raised the left hand and moved toward the left side of the road, the automatic driving car starts to decelerate naturally and runs at a speed keeping a certain distance from the bicycle. According to Ms. Knox, the sensor seems to run with the hand signals of the bicycle even understood.


For driving, it is important to make correct judgment according to the situation. When other cars overtake like the image below. Under these circumstances, it is necessary to deal with the situation by looking at the situation of other cars visually and slowing down the speed.


Google's automatic driving car runs with awareness of the situation that needs to be judged at the same level as human beings. For example, when a big track is running in front of the next lane.


As the automated driving car approaches the truck, it approaches the left side of the driving lane and keeps the distance between vehicles necessary for safe driving.


Also, recognize signboards and road cones under construction, select the correct driving route.


Google's automated driving car has thousands of feedbacks so that it can use the latest technology as much as possible and provide safe and comfortable driving.


The development history of Google's automatic driving car can be confirmed from the following movie.

Behind the Google Self Driving Car Project - YouTube


Cars are one of things indispensable to our lives.


However, according to Chris Armson, director of the Google automatic car, about 33,000 people per year in the United States alone die from accidents involving cars, said that this figure is above the annual number of cancer deaths Thing.


Approximately 1.2 million people die worldwide every year due to car-related accidents. Furthermore, about 90% of themhuman errorCause.


Google's automated driving car is a project launched to prevent accidents arising from human error and to make it a more living world.


Before the project was inaugurated, the staff members told the robot car race "DARPA Grand ChallengeWe got a lot of ideas from that.


A project leader took office in 2008, and it was concluded that the automatic driving car is the problem of computer science to be solved by Google.


At the beginning of the project, there were some people who could not truly hide doubts among the members, whether automatic driving cars are really possible.


To make the project that will be a big challenge a success, the team sets two goals.


One is to drive on the public road 100 thousand miles (about 160 thousand kilometers).


The other was to run 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometers) of San Francisco, where the undulations are intense and the winding roads are numerous.


A year and a half after the goal setting, the project team achieved splendidly two goals. By achieving the goal, the team seems to have had great confidence.


The aim of Google's automatic driving car is to realize natural driving close to human being, to maximize safety to the utmost and to allow traveling that respects others on a road that can be said to be one society about.


In the DARPA Grand Challenge that members of the team participated, he seems to have seen many unmanned cars which suddenly accelerated and stopped problems.


Google's automatic driving car is designed not to perform unnatural movements such as sudden acceleration and sudden stop, so that people on board can experience comfortable experiences.


Mr. Armson said, "If you use an automatic driving car, you will be able to prevent the tragedy of a traffic accident without looking for a parking lot at the destination and not going around.To change the world to a better world, this is Google car It is the goal of the company. "


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