Étiquette : self driving car (Page 2 of 7)

Waymo California

“Waymo’s permit includes day and night testing on city streets, rural roads, and highways with posted speed limits of up to 65 mph. “Our vehicles can safely handle fog and light rain, and testing in those conditions is included in our permit,” the company says. “We will gradually begin driverless testing on city streets in a limited territory and, over time, expand the area that we drive in as we gain confidence and experience to expand.” Waymo won’t offer rides to the public right off the bat; the company is close to launching its first commercial taxi service using its fleet of autonomous minivans in Phoenix, Arizona. ”

Source : Waymo gets the green light to test fully driverless cars in California – The Verge

Le prototype EQ Fortwo de Daimler intègre un grand écran qui associe des signes à des textes courts pour communiquer avec les piétons, les vélos, les conducteurs, etc.

“Comment faire cohabiter piétons et véhicules lorsqu’on enlève l’humain du siège conducteur ? Les piétons ont appris à anticiper le comportement des chauffeurs : beaucoup cherchent leurs yeux, certains se fendent d’un sourire de remerciement. Mais les piétons ignorent la façon dont les voitures autonomes fonctionnent, d’autant que leur comportement peut changer subtilement au gré des mises à jour logicielles”.

Source : Pourquoi Jaguar et Aurrigo ont doté un véhicule autonome d’un regard mignon

Potential Data Sources

“Car makers are collecting massive amounts of data from the latest cars on the road. Now, they’re figuring out how to make money off it. With millions of cars rolling off dealer lots with built-in connectivity, auto companies are gaining access to unprecedented amounts of real-time data that allow them to track everything from where a car is located to how hard it is braking and whether or not the windshield wipers are on.
The data is generated by the car’s onboard sensors and computers, and then stored by the auto maker in cloud-based servers. Some new cars have as many as 100 built-in processors that generate data”.

Source : What Your Car Knows About You – WSJ

“Dans la course à la mobilité autonome, Sion est toujours en tête grâce à une nouvelle première mondiale franchie ces jours dans les rues de la capitale. Fortes d’une technologie développée par Siemens, Valère et Tourbillon sont désormais capables de traverser des feux de signalisation. «Nous avons six mois d’avance sur le reste du monde», s’enthousiasme Philippe Varone, président de la Ville de Sion. Sur la Suisse aussi, où d’autres projets du même type sont expérimentés à Marly ou Cossonay”.

Source : Plus rien n’arrête les navettes, sauf les feux rouges

“William Wallace, senior policy analyst for Consumers Union, the advocacy division of Consumer Reports, called Uber “reckless” and said the NTSB report “makes it clear that a self-driving car was tested on public roads when it wasn’t safe enough to be there, and it killed a pedestrian.” He added that the system “was far too dangerous to be tested off a closed track.”Some cities expressed hesitation about immediately allowing Uber to return to testing”.

Source : Uber disabled emergency braking in self-driving car: U.S. agency | Reuters

«Software designers face a basic tradeoff here. If the software is programmed to be too cautious, the ride will be slow and jerky, as the car constantly slows down for objects that pose no threat to the car or aren’t there at all. Tuning the software in the opposite direction will produce a smooth ride most of the time—but at the risk that the software will occasionally ignore a real object. According to Efrati, that’s what happened in Tempe in March—and unfortunately the « real object » was a human being».

Source : Report: Software bug led to death in Uber’s self-driving crash | Ars Technica

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