Curtin researchers have helped create technology that will make an autonomous car affordable to the average-income person within a decade.<\/p>\n
The \u2018eyes and ears\u2019 technology comprises a dozen different sensors installed in an average car, paired with an algorithm that processes the large amount of data received. This creates meaningful information which tells the car the nature and location of obstacles.<\/p>\n
Curtin Associate Professor Dr Ba Tuong Vo, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, said this autonomous car, created through a joint project between Curtin, Daimler (the research arm of<\/p>\n
Mercedes Benz) and Ulm University in Germany, would be commercially viable because it does not need to be connected to the internet and can be produced at a low cost.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur goal was to use affordable sensors, radars, lasers and computer technology that is already available on the market, so the car is more likely to be accessible for people, unlike the small number of driverless cars that currently exist costing hundreds of thousands of dollars each,\u201d Associate Professor Vo said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt the moment our autonomous car can drive in a straight line and sense what is around it.\u00a0 The next step is to give it a \u2018brain\u2019 or the computer systems which can tell how to react to what is around it and also what to do when an object comes in its path.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis will be difficult, as it is giving the car total control of all functions, unlike current driver assist technology that focuses on one purpose, such as alerting the driver when the car drifts out of a lane, or cruise control to keep at a certain speed.\u201d<\/p>\n
Although this step means an affordable autonomous car is certainly on its way, Associate Professor Vo believes the car will probably take another decade to develop, with legislation around car insurance being one of the hardest obstacles to overcome.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are some interesting issues that will have to be dealt with moving forward, including what decision a car should make when it senses a crash, and also, whose fault an accident is \u2013 the car, the sensors or the driver,\u201d Associate Professor Vo said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe can be certain that the technology is coming, but from now it\u2019s up to potential users and government to decide the intricacies of how it will be used.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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