Jeffrey C. Peters, Stanford University A common fantasy for transportation enthusiasts and technology optimists is for self-driving cars and trucks to form the basis of a safe, streamlined, almost choreographed dance. In this dream, every vehicle – and cyclist and pedestrian – proceeds unimpeded on any route, as the rest of the traffic skillfully avoids…
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How to make a driverless car ‘see’ the road ahead
Self-driving cars need to ‘see’ what’s going on around them. Intel/Mobileye Michael Milford, Queensland University of Technology and Jonathan Roberts, Queensland University of Technology Microchip manufacturer Intel has invested heavily in the driverless car race with the latest US$15 billion (A$19.5bn) purchase of Israeli tech company Mobileye. Mobileye develops sensors and intelligence technology behind automated…