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Animals: Google driverless car has already been shown to avoid collisions with unexpected animals (like, say, a deer). Snow and Ice: the sensors about wheel ro
by warfangle 13y ago
Animals: Google driverless car has already been shown to avoid collisions with unexpected animals (like, say, a deer).
Snow and Ice: the sensors about wheel rotation and speed used in fancy automatic suspensions are more than able to control for slippage. I'm willing to bet that once prepared, a driverless car could deal with these hazards with much more finesse than a human pushing a pedal with no idea what kind of friction coefficient their vehicle's tire is getting.
- protomyth 13y agoThe problem with snow and ice isn't what your already driving on, it is dealing with what is coming. I would really like to see how it deals with the lower visibility and constant motion around it. How does it deal with the ice coming up (and black ice). If Google (or anyone else) starts testing in the northland, I will be convinced, but I don't think it is a very easy problem to solve.
- EliRivers 13y ago"How does it deal with the ice coming up (and black ice)." It's been told about it by other robots who have already encountered it, which already gives it a massive head start over the meatbag.
- warfangle 13y agoSnow and ice have different reflective properties than regular old asphalt. The car uses LADAR. Pretty sure it'll be able to tell the difference.