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I absolutely agree that it's a tall order, but it seems at least possible that development could happen in tandem, and some kind of standards could be agreed up
by ithilglin909 8y ago
I absolutely agree that it's a tall order, but it seems at least possible that development could happen in tandem, and some kind of standards could be agreed upon for what kind of technologies would be used across the board. I'm picturing that if some new infrastructure and cars implement that, those could be roads on which self-driving cars would be permitted to drive, and a shift would happen gradually.
- danpat 8y agoVolvo proposed embedding small permanent magnets in the road surface that would allow vehicles to track more reliably. Their press-release for it is here, and has a couple of minor technical details: https://www.media.volvocars.com/global/en-gb/media/pressreleases/140760/volvo-car-group-tests-road-magnets-for-accurate-positioning-of-self-driving-cars https://www.media.volvocars.com/global/en-gb/media/pressrele... I kind of liked the idea - it's basically a higher-tech line-following robot concept, and doesn't look too expensive to roll out compare to other proposed infrastructure changes. However, I haven't heard anything about it since the 2014 press frenzy over the release linked above. Maybe getting road maintainers to make changes like this really is too much to ask.
- slavik81 8y agoWhen I first saw magnetic markers proposed, it was sometime between 1999 and 2005.