The future of personal transportation is driving towards self-driving cars. Isn’t superlative to have a robot car to take you to the destinations without requesting anybody’s support?
Technology has made the evolution of several such vehicles. But as of 2017, no such autonomous vehicles are permitted on public roads. But in future, they would surely fight all the limitations and would also find a way to be all around.
The first driver-less car was developed in 1980 by a private research University in California, Carnegie Mellon. Google has also started the self-driving car project in 2009. The director of Standford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, also a winner of the Darpan Grand Challenge, Mr. Sebastian Thrun led the development of Google’s driver-less car.
How does this autonomous car drive successfully without a driver?
The colossal power of Artificial Intelligence technology is employed to drive the autonomous car.
The operation is powered by the following sections,
- Online maps and GPS (Global Positioning System)
- Video camera
- Radars and Sensors
- Artificial Intelligence Technology
The radars and corresponding sensors provide the real-time environmental information to the car. They detect upcoming obstacles, neighboring vehicles etc. Position estimators are also used for detecting the movements of the car. The world around the car is shown to the operating system of the car by means of the cameras and the different sensors.
The direction of travel, the complete traffic report, and distance to be covered etc are monitored by the GPS system. Artificial intelligent network accesses all these information and drives the car successfully.
Pros and Cons
The main highlight of the autonomous car system is the reduction of traffic collisions. But any failure with sensors can result in uncomfortable situations too. The risk of self-driven cars loaded with explosives should also be taken into account.
Research shows that 90% of road accidents are due to human error. Also, undergoing research claims that the event of road accidents can be reduced to a good extend by the implementation of autonomous cars. It is pretty sure that the future of mobility will be governed by driver-less vehicles.
