Self Driving Car

Have you ever thought that self driving cars will ever come to the market? Do you even think they are ready to be on the road? Would you have enough money to afford one? In the two Newsela articles relating to the self driving cars, driverless cars might be in the market in the next five to six years! My first reason is that you don't have to do anything when you're in the car. If you're going on a long trip you could just do your work or texting you friends or even just sit back and relax and enjoy the ride without driving at all. Right now people are inventing advanced computer systems so a self driving car can take you from one place to another without any human help. Another reason is that the self driving car can eliminate human accidents

    Driverless vehicles, or the self-driving car, is defined as any car with features that allow it to accelerate, brake, and steer a car’s course with limited or no driver interaction (BI Intelligence par.4). When most people hear the term “driverless vehicle”, people instantly think cars that drive all by themselves, meaning that the vehicles are able to completely control themselves while the driver can sit back in the driver’s seat as if they were the passenger. The reality is that it will actually be a few years before fully self-automated vehicles will make their debut on the road, but for now the car companies and manufacturers are adding self-driving features of the latest models of cars. For example, the 2016 BMW i3 has the capability to self-park itself without the need of the driver to control the steering wheel. This reduces the risk of the driver hitting another vehicle while

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.

Now then what about Self-Driving cars? Well the name is self explanatory but very cool thing. Many of the cars use many sensors on the car to detect where cars are located around you as well as a form of GPS to get you to your destination safely. And with all those sensors on the car, it can even change lanes on its own, you just got to check your blind spots

Tesla is taking a different approach while designing their self-driving cars. Tesla has introduced the computer vision-based vehicle detection system instead of using the traditional radar. The new Tesla cars contain eight surround cameras which are capable to see 360 degrees around the car. The main forward camera covers 150m of distance. These autonomous cars can see any object within 250 meters of it’s range. Tesla autonomous cars have the ultrasonic sensors and a forward-facing radar which are very advanced technology and they help the car to see through heavy rain and fog. This technology will help prevent road accidents during extreme weathers. Another impressive addition of the new Tesla cars is the neural net for visibility.

A driverless, or autonomous, car is a car that is able to operate and drive itself without the need of human interaction. Autonomous cars are able to navigate independently by using systems like GPS, radar and are able to sense the environment around the car by using sensors. Many major car companies, including Ford, General Motors, Audi, BMW and Volvo, have begun testing autonomous car systems. General Motors predict they could have a fully autonomous car on the road as soon as 2018[1]. There are many advantages to autonomous cars such as fewer traffic collisions, reduced congestion, relieves the occupants of navigation duties so they are free to do other things, and autonomous cars can be used by anyone even if they have a disability

The last part of the driverless car system is the Central Computer. The Central Computer reads the data the LIDAR and Computer Vision give and decides where it will guide the car with the steering, acceleration, and brakes. This computer can determine whether it will hit something directly in front of it or anticipate a possible car crash 200 feet

If the obstacle is in the range of the sensor , the obstacle is detected .When the system detects obstacles, the speed of the vehicle is reduced to zero and an image alert is displayed in the smartphone along with voice output, which means that the detection is successful. If there is no obstacle ahead, there is no outcome. If the obstacle is out of the range of the sensor , there is no outcome and the detection fails.

3]. The car is also equipped with a laser range finder which is used to scan more than 200 feet in all directions to generate a 3-dimentional map area around the car. This helps the self-driving car determine if it is on a road or heading towards the sidewalk. Four small radars are located in the front bumper and rear bumper to aid in figuring out the positions of far objects. In addition, the Google car has a camera which is used to detect traffic lights and help figure out moving objects [Ref. 4]

Laser Range Finder: The core of self-driving car is the pivoting rooftop top camera, Lidar, which is a laser extend discoverer. Lidar utilizes bright, unmistakable, or close infrared light to picture objects. Lidar computes how far a protest is from the moving vehicle in light of the time it takes for the laser bars to hit the object and return.

The sensors notice pretty much everything from all road signs, light poles, the lane lines, and the objects in their path. The sensors in the self driving cars are always on the lookout. The cameras can notice most everything from all directions. Self driving

The device is attached to the top of the vehicle and used a remote key control. The driver places the device on top of the vehicle’s roof and the LED lights flash when activated from a distance locating the vehicle in a crowded parking lot or garage during the day or night. This device can be very useful to the elderly driver, as well as, a hearing impaired individual. There is no need to listen for the sound of loud horns, and no more looking for flashing tail lights, which in some cases tend to be at lower eye sight levels! The Woody/Epps Car Finder provides an alternative to assist drivers in locating the vehicle quickly within

The self-driving car decides where to drive based on path planning. Path planning produces multiple trajectories to determine the one that maximizes the set of criteria. These criteria include those that minimize the risk of collision as well as those that favor the center of roads over the periphery. The car searches for paths based on two dimensions: the amount which the car adjusts its trajectory laterally and the speed at which this adjustment is carried out.

location of soft and hard objects. The front facing radar will allow the car to produce a visual map

Self-driving vehicles sense their surroundings using radar, GPS and computer vision. Advanced control systems interpret the information to identify navigation paths, obstacles and road signage. Some of these vehicles can update their maps, allowing the vehicle to keep track of their position when conditions change.