The+Autonomous+Car


 * Film:** The 6th Day (2000)
 * Director:** Roger Spottiswoode
 * Writer:** Cormac Wibberley, Marianne Wibberley


 * Technology:** Google Driverless Car (2005 DARPA Grand Challenge)
 * Developer:** Sebastian Thrun, director of the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory

FILM: In a scene from //The 6th Day//, the protagonist gets a ride from a friend who turns and speaks to him after he engages the car's auto-drive function. The car activates "OnStar" (an existing GPS navigation service) and begins to drive automatically. TECHNOLOGY: Google Driverless car - The system combines information gathered from Google Street View with artificial intelligence software that combines input from video cameras inside the car, a LIDAR sensor on top of the vehicle, radar sensors on the front of the vehicle and a position sensor attached to one of the rear wheels that helps locate the car's position on the map. As of 2010, Google has tested several vehicles equipped with the system, driving 1,000 miles (1,600 km) without any human intervention, in addition to 140,000 miles (230,000 km) with occasional human intervention, with one of two accidents occurring when another car crashed into the rear end of a test vehicle that was stopped at a red light. Google anticipates that the increased accuracy of its automated driving system could help reduce the number of traffic-related injuries and deaths, while using energy and space on roadways more efficiently.
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