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A number of dedicated test facilities for autonomous vehicles exist, some operated by universities, some by government agencies, and some of the autonomous vehi
by jcrawfordor 6y ago
A number of dedicated test facilities for autonomous vehicles exist, some operated by universities, some by government agencies, and some of the autonomous vehicle vendors own their own (more common for those aligned with major automakers which generally already have large proving grounds, but Uber apparently has a small one).
I think the issue is that a dedicated test area will just never reflect the full set of problems you encounter in the real world, and for things like LED billboards it's going to be a lot cheaper to test in the real world than to buy and install your own. On the flip side, there's next to no money in developing "vehicle-dedicated infrastructure," so no one's that interested in testing on it exclusively.
- JacobDotVI 6y agoFor those who are curious, Virginia Tech has had a test road for 20 years: https://www.vtti.vt.edu/facilities/virginia-smart-roads.html https://www.vtti.vt.edu/facilities/virginia-smart-roads.html
- numpad0 6y agoToyota is planning/building exactly that
- piceas 6y agoAn example from Hamburg: TAVF - Test Track for Automated and Connected Driving ~37-55 traffic lights, ~9km, 108.11p, city driving on 1-7 lanes (mostly 2-4) with on and off street bicycle lanes (Please don't hit me test cars!). As a resident on the test track I have only once seen it in use. It would be fun to acquire a suitable radio and try listening in to what's being broadcast but that's a project for another day. https://tavf.hamburg/en/ https://tavf.hamburg/en/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11p https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11p