Dr Jun Jo from Griffith’s School of Information and Communication Technology, Professor Kiesu Kim from a Korean University and Helensvale State High school students are currently developing the first driverless cars in Australia.
"Our aim is to develop an eco-friendly car as well as a driverless intelligent car" Dr Jo said.
"It will be man controlled by early 2010 and driverless by 2012 which is not that far away".
The most significant obstacles facing these vehicles could be human rather than technical: government regulation, liability laws, privacy concerns and people's passion for cars and the control it gives them.
Source:
http://www.griffith.edu.au/create-whats-next/driverless-cars
http://www.griffith.edu.au/science-aviation/intelligent-control-systems-laboratory/research/research-topics/cooperative-driverless-vehicles
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/08/23/android_powered_autonomous_vehicle/
Date: 14-08-2012
Ever increasing number of cars on the roads means that a vehicle that can soar into the skies remains an attractive option. “We need to try to relive congestion on our road, and one potential solution is an aerial vehicle” says Dr Michael Jump, a lecturer in aerospace at Liverpool University in the UK.
The team intends to draw on drone technology to automate as much of the flying as possible. Current fly-by-wire technology, as well as some of the features being used in the development of autonomous or robotic vehicles could all help fleets of these vehicles fly along predefined highways – and crucially avoid each other.
But perhaps the biggest problem the team aim to tackle are the regulatory and safety issues, as well as those of public opinion. “The technology is the easiest bit,” says Dr Jump.
When pressed about a likely launch date, the project scientists are reluctant to commit but have no doubts that it will come to pass. “We are trying to apply rational scientific engineering approach to this problem” says Dr Jump. “What sounds strange and wonderful today can very often become tomorrow’s reality.”
Date: 06-06-2012
Permission to test autonomous functions on Berlin roads
07.12.2011 AutoNOMOS Labs finally received an exceptional permission to test autonomous functions in real traffic situations. The matured safety concept which we developed with the support of TÜV NORD and our new sponsor HDI Gerling Industry Insurances includes a safety driver (acting as a “driving teacher”) and a copilot who both can take control of the car in situations which seem too risky for autonomous driving.Facts:
- Exceptional permissions for the State of Berlin are examined and approved by the LABO (Landesamt für Bürger- und Ordnungsangelegenheiten) according to official StVO regulations.
- The name of our latest test-vehicle is “MadeInGermany” (MIG) our first car was named “Spirit of Berlin”.
- AutoNOMOS Labs is a project at the Freie Universität Berlin, Artificial Intelligence Group, financed by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research in a market-oriented program called ForMaT.
- The car is equipped with several cameras, RADAR- and LIDAR-(Laser) sensors to “perceive” its surrounding and a high-precision GPS System. The Laser-Scanner on the roof detects obstacles around the car. It does not take pictures for google street view
- The vision of autonomous driving is shared with fellow robotic researchers around the world. Many of them – like ourselves – are former contestants of the DARPA Challenges.
Links:
- DARPA urban grand challenge autonomous cars
- MIT DARPA Grand Challange
- Standford University DARPA Grand Challange
- Tartan racing
Autonomous road train project SARTRE completes first public road test
“People think that autonomous driving is science fiction, but the fact is that the technology is already here,” says Linda Wahlström, project manager for the SARTRE project.
SARTRE is a joint venture between Ricardo UK Ltd, Idiada and Robotiker-Tecnalia of Spain, Institut for Kraftfahrwesen Aachen (IKA) of Germany, SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden, Volvo Car Corporation and Volvo Technology of Sweden.
Source: http://www.ubergizmo.com/2012/05/autonomous-road-train-project-sartre-completes-first-public-road-test/
Datum: 09-May-2012
Google gets Nevada driving licence for self-drive car
Bruce Breslow, director of Nevada's Department of Motor Vehicles, says he believes driverless vehicles are the "cars of the future". Nevada changed its laws to allow self-driven cars in March. The long-term plan is to license members of the public to drive such cars.
Google's car has been issued with a red licence plate to make it recognisable. The plate features an infinity sign next to the number 001.
Other states, including California, are planning similar changes.
"The vast majority of vehicle accidents are due to human error," said California state Senator Alex Padilla, when he introduced the legislation. "Through the use of computers, sensors and other systems, an autonomous vehicle is capable of analysing the driving environment more quickly and operating the vehicle more safely."
Datum: 20-Feb-2012
Nevada approves self-driving cars on public roadways
Bron: http://www.ubergizmo.com/2012/02/nevada-approves-self-driving-cars-on-public-roadways/
Datum: 11-Oct-2010
Google Working on Cars That Drive Themselves
Google CEO Eric Schmidt, the search engine giant is currently at work on cars that are completely automated. In fact, their progress is so far along that they’ve already got a whole slew of self driving Toyota Prius that have logged over 140,000+ test miles.
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