Google created a robotic car

As it turned out, Google is not only creating unique Internet services or convenient communicators - now the corporation has taken up the issue of road safety. To solve the problem, developers create an automated car control system that can control a car without human intervention at all. And this is not just an idea or a concept - quite working cars with such a system have already run over 225 thousand (!) Kilometers. According to the developers, the cars dashed off such a mileage when traveling between the company's offices, plus a trip to Lake Tahoe and other places.

The developers say that to determine the safe path, robotic cars (as it turned out, several copies) use a single system of cameras, radar sensors, and a laser. Such a system allows you to determine the condition of the road, including the presence of traffic jams, other cars, other obstacles. In addition, each car from Google during the trip creates a detailed map of the route.

The project was created with the participation of "the best engineers from the DARPA Challenges project created by the US government." These engineers included Chris Urmson, technical leader of the project, Mike Montemerlo, software developer for DARPA Challenges, Anthony Lewandowski, who created the world's first standalone motorcycle to participate in the DARPA Grand Challenge, and who also created a modified Prius that delivered pizza without the driver.



Guglovtsy also noted that the main priority of the project is security. Despite the reliability of the developed system, there was always a person inside the car who could take control in case of any problems. In addition, the car was responsible for the software, which was sitting in the passenger seat.

According to representatives of the corporation, they really decided to create the project after WHO (World Health Organization) presented data that more than 1.2 million people die on the roads every year. The developers believe that their project will help significantly reduce the amount of these losses by at least half.

Via Googleblog