[guide.chat] car for the blind
- From: vanessa <qwerty1234567a@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "GUIDE CHAT" <guide.chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2012 10:38:00 +0100
this car that needs no driver, it steers and brakes by itself and they are on
road legally in nevada in america and the car is called the google car, i am as
you know the google girl, wow may i have one please, here is facts from
wikipedia.
Google driverless car
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Toyota Prius modified to operate as a Google driverless car.
The Google Driverless Car is a project by Google that involves developing
technology for driverless cars. The project is currently being led by Google
engineer Sebastian Thrun, director of the Stanford Artificial Intelligence
Laboratory and co-inventor of Google Street View. Thrun's team at Stanford
created the robotic vehicle Stanley which won the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge
and its US$2 million prize from the United States Department of Defense.[1] The
team developing the system consisted of 15 engineers working for Google,
including Chris Urmson, Mike Montemerlo, and Anthony Levandowski who had worked
on the DARPA Grand and Urban Challenges.[2]
The U.S. state of Nevada passed a law in June 2011 concerning the operation of
driverless cars in Nevada. Google had been lobbying for driverless car
laws.[3][4][5] The Nevada law went into effect on March 1, 2012, and the Nevada
Department of Motor Vehicles issued the first license for a self-driven car in
May 2012. The license was issued to a Toyota Prius modified with Google's
experimental driver-less technology.[6] In August 2012, the team announced that
they have completed over 480,000 autonomous-driving miles accident-free,
typically have about a dozen cars on the road at any given time, and are
starting to test them with single drivers instead of in pairs.[7]
The system combines information gathered from Google Street View[citation
needed] with artificial intelligence software that combines input from video
cameras inside the car, a LIDAR sensor on top of the vehicle, radar sensors on
the front of the vehicle and a position sensor attached to one of the rear
wheels that helps locate the car's position on the map. As of 2010, Google has
tested several vehicles equipped with the system, driving 1,609 kilometres
(1,000 mi) without any human intervention, in addition to 225,308 kilometres
(140,000 mi) with occasional human intervention. Google expects that the
increased accuracy of its automated driving system could help reduce the number
of traffic-related injuries and deaths, while using energy and space on
roadways more efficiently.[1]
The project team has equipped a test fleet of at least eight vehicles,
consisting of six Toyota Prius, an Audi TT, and a Lexus RX450h[8], each
accompanied in the driver's seat by one of a dozen drivers with unblemished
driving records and in the passenger seat by one of Google's engineers. The car
has traversed San Francisco's Lombard Street, famed for its steep hairpin turns
and through city traffic. The vehicles have driven over the Golden Gate Bridge
and on the Pacific Coast Highway, and have circled Lake Tahoe.[2] The system
drives at the speed limit it has stored on its maps and maintains its distance
from other vehicles using its system of sensors. The system provides an
override that allows a human driver to take control of the car by stepping on
the brake or turning the wheel, similar to cruise control systems already in
cars.[1]
While Google had no immediate plans to commercially develop the system, the
company hopes to develop a business which would market the system and the data
behind it to automobile manufacturers. An attorney for the California
Department of Motor Vehicles raised concerns that "The technology is ahead of
the law in many areas," citing state laws that "all presume to have a human
being operating the vehicle".[1] According to the New York Times, policy makers
and regulators have argued that new laws will be required if driverless
vehicles are to become a reality because "the technology is now advancing so
quickly that it is in danger of outstripping existing law, some of which dates
back to the era of horse-drawn carriages".[5]
Google lobbied for two bills that made Nevada the first state where driverless
vehicles can be legally operated on public roads. The first bill is an
amendment to an electric vehicle bill that provides for the licensing and
testing of autonomous vehicles. The second bill will provide an exemption from
the ban on distracted driving to permit occupants to send text messages while
sitting behind the wheel. The two bills came to a vote before the Nevada state
legislature?s session ended in June 2011. It has been speculated that Nevada
was selected due to the Las Vegas Auto Show and the Consumer Electronics Show,
and the high likelihood that Google will present the first commercially viable
product at either or both of these events. Google executives, however, refused
to state the precise reason they chose Nevada to be the maiden state for the
driverless car.[5]
Nevada passed a law in June 2011 concerning the operation of driverless cars in
Nevada,[3][4][5] which went into effect on March 1, 2012.[6] A Toyota Prius
modified with Google's experimental driverless technology was licensed by the
Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) in May 2012. This was the first
license issue in the United States for a self-driven car.[6] License plates
issued in Nevada for autonomous cars will have a red background and feature an
infinity symbol (8) on the left side, which according to the DMV Director
"...using the infinity symbol was the best way to represent the 'car of the
future'." [9] Nevada's regulations require a person behind the wheel and one in
the passenger?s seat during tests. Google's autonomous system permits a human
driver to take control by stepping on the brake or turning the wheel.[9]
from
Vanessa The Google Girl.
my skype name is rainbowstar123
Other related posts:
- » [guide.chat] car for the blind - vanessa
