Autonomous Vehicles
Perla Espinoza, Odelkys Marquez, Christopher Bradbeer, Franki Vallejo
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
University of South Florida
Abstract
This paper will go in depth of the benefits of autonomous vehicles as well as who will be taking advantage of these benefits. There will also be a section about the technology advances that will come with future autonomous vehicles. There will be a brief discussion about the possible disadvantages that may come with these vehicles. The view of transportation will change in the eyes of engineers in how to design roads to best suit the new transportation needs; as well as, the general public views will change the way they look at traveling as not much of a burden.
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This research will provide valuable information regarding the technology advances needed, that we are faced with today. As well as showing how the view of transportation will change in the eyes of engineers in how to design roads to best suit the new transportation needs. Similarly, how the general public’s view will change the way they look at traveling.
Benefits
Autonomous vehicles will allow for many benefits for traveling as society knows it; the vehicles will allow for a reduction in crashes and amount of money going into fuel. These vehicles will include “crash warning systems, adaptive cruise control, and lane keeping systems and self-parking technology” (Anderson, 2014). There are five levels of these vehicles according to The National Highway Traffic Safety (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 2013). It starts with level 0 which has no automation, which are the vehicles we first used. Next is level 1 where the vehicle has certain functions automated such as cruise control. Then there is level 2 which is combined function automation meaning more than two primary controls are automated and the driver has primary control, needing to monitor what is going on the roadway. Level 3 is limited automation, where the driver will have full control of all safety-critical functions which are needed due to traffic or environmental
Imagine being able to get into your car and simply typing in your desired destination, and then reclining your seat to watch a movie or text a friend. During this time, the car is basically driving itself. Well, soon this may be possible this invention is called an autonomous car. An autonomous car, or driverless/ robotic car, is a car that is designed to drive without human interference. Essentially, drivers can program their destination into the car’s GPS system and then sit back and relax. Some of the world’s largest car companies are currently creating autonomous vehicles, such as Audi, Toyota, Volvo, Mercedes, and countless others. The driverless vehicle is now becoming a clearer and more present reality, and has been discussed and planned for decades. The autonomous vehicle offers significant benefits, but raises many questions and difficulties.
The 21st century has become an era of time where technology has exponentially changed rapidly, especially over the last decade. The world is using technology to change our lives in the fields of transportation, business, government, education and other various industries. In the transportation industry, the concept of autonomous cars has become a reality. Using artificial intelligence and software, these types of cars can take a trip on the road while being ready to adapt to any problematic situation and come up with a solution. Even though it is in its testing stages, autonomous cars are being developed and tested on roads across the USA by companies such Google, Tesla, and much more. Though implementation may seem intimate, there is still
Driverless cars are automobiles that function independently and without the need of a human operator, they are fully autonomous vehicles. Many company’s like google, ford, and BMW are working on developing this new frontier technology. The basic premise behind the technology is that the computer system calculates an efficient route to a destination. While the car is in motion it creates a range around the car were it is actively sensing and rendering its environment including obstacle detection. An advanced computer uses an artificial intelligent system to provide responses to given situations. As of today this technology is relatively new. Driverless cars have the potential of revolutionizing transportation by making roads safer, efficient,
the self- driving or autonomous cars, its impact on people’s daily life, and what will happen
Although car accidents have decreased in the past few decades due to measures such as antilock brakes and airbags being put into place, road accidents have always pushed for a safer and a more effective plan to decrease congestion through infrastructure and transportation. With the increasing numbers of vehicles on the road today, it is not surprising to encounter a heavy traffic or an accident on the road caused by congestion. Therefore, in the past few years, self-driving cars have emerged as a solution to these road issues. In the article “Self-driving cars are coming, and the technology promises to save lives” by Ucilia Wang makes clear the prospect that advocators of driverless automobiles holds. In the article, the central premise is
Imagine if you could ride safely regardless of your driving skill, and having the peace of mind that your loved ones are as safe as they could possibly be wherever their destination may take them. This is the purpose that Google and many other car manufacturers, like Toyota for instance; pursue. Despite this ambition, the concept carries a shallow history and as such, the technology behind it is in its infancy. As a result, public opinion is strongly hesitant in regards to allowing these vehicles to share our roads. With our movement, we hope that we can persuade legislation , we could see a reduction in the number of traffic accidents, traffic flow will be far easier to manage, and the money we could be potentially saving
Autonomous technology has been slowly rising up in the market, beginning with automatic stop brakes to parking assists. The one thing technology researchers are trying to advance on is full-on, automatic driving with no manual backing. Although this technology is not on the market yet, it will be in the near future. Google specifically has started their own self-driving project six years ago, introducing their own line of autonomous vehicles they call Google Blobs. The main reason self-driving vehicles are in such a high demand to be made available for the public is because they are claimed to be a much safer alternative to human driving. More than thirty thousand people die each year in vehicle accidents and ninety percent of all car
10 Apr. 2016. Self-driving cars help reduce accidents because they make hundreds of calculations in a second and know how fast or slow they need to go and are aware about the other cars around them. This article explains that the technology in the driverless cars helps eliminate traffic and congestion on the roads. It also says that they could cause a malfunction and the car could make major issues, and they could cause major pollution. This article will help me in my paper because it helps me see bothe sides of the car. It explains the many benefits and drawbacks to driverless cars.
A few years from now, highly technological vehicles will become the standard automobile for majority of the population. Many experts and journalists are wary of the reliability of self-driving vehicles being used for the public. My topic of research focuses on the whether self-driving vehicles are secure enough to be on roads. In my research, I will be analyzing the advantages and disadvantages of self-driving cars. This research will help develop more insight and awareness in individuals about the reality of self-driving vehicles in an unbiased way.
Since the 1920s, researchers have been conducting experiments on automating cars. And they’ve come a long way since then. Today there are cities that are already allowing and testing out autonomous cars. An autonomous car is a self-driving car. Autonomous cars are better than human drivers. Passengers can be more productive and get work done on the way to work or school while they’re in the car. Autonomous cars are actually so much safer than human drivers, and it’s also a great transportation option for those who wouldn’t normally drive, such as some seniors and handicapped people.
As the technological revolution continues the line between possible and impossible blurs. 100 years ago, the tallest building in North America was 700 feet tall, but now we have buildings that tower close to 2,000 feet into the air (Swanson). With all these advancements in technology it was only nature for people to wonder about automating dangerous and hard jobs. With today’s current technology it would not be impossible to look out the window and see an autonomous car. Due to the average of 6 million car accidents worldwide, many people have inquired about the introduction of driverless cars (U.S. Department of Commerce). Many people would argue that it would benefit society but like anything there are always skeptics. Autonomous cars would benefit society because it would help the physically impaired, reduce automotive related deaths and reduce traffic. These causes will help to improve society.
Highway Administration, the average American driver drives almost 40 miles every day (FHA, 2011). Given how heavily vehicles are used today, especially in the United States, their replacement with autonomous vehicles could easily have far-reaching implications.
Self driving cars are almost there. Various prototypes are allowed on the roads in Europe, the U.S. and Japan. In the near future the driver will receive more automated assistance in his driving task. The role of the driver will slowly change into that of a supervisor for the ongoing automated systems in a car. Eventually, this will lead to a situation in which the human driver does not have to do anything. By then, automated driving will have become autonomous driving. One of the main benefits of automated cars is a reduction of car accidents, although autonomous driving will introduce new errors because they are designed by humans. It is important to overcome these risks and make autonomous cars more safe than cars driven by humans. By the time this is a fact, even people that are not able to drive by car, like most
Tesla, google, Nissan and other companies now shifted their focus on driverless cars. However, the issue of allowing driverless cars access our community has been broadly debated in our society. It is a significant matter because it concerns the street development and road safety of how we drive in the future. Towards this particular subject there has been a range of different arguments that have been put forward. Robotic cars must enter the society because they are convenient to the community. They will improve on road safety, decrease street traffic, reduce human errors on the road and time will be saved, making the journey enjoyable.
The first self-driving cars appeared in 1980s with Carneige Mellon University 's Navlab[16] and ALV[13][14] projects in 1984, and Bundeswehr University Munich 's EUREKA Prometheus[15] project in 1987. Since then, numerous companies, researches have developed working prototypes, including Mercedes-Benz, Volvo, Peugeot, Nissan, Google and so on. However, the biggest breakthrough in media on autonomous car started in 2014 and especially in 2015 when numerous companies presented their prototypes. All of them promises that it will be the game changer, that it will bring cultural shifts over coming decades. But none of them addresses the problems of autonomous cars. The first problem is that AI is still far behind from predicting future movements of pedestrians, vehicles and other breathing creatures. The second problem is that due to technology limitations, cars can not fully function in roadways and dynamic environment. The third is that there is no way to encode human ethics in robots that they could decide how to behave when unavoidable crash appears. The last problem sums up on my opinion why autonomous cars will never replace a driver. Thus we will look into those three problems.