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Autonomous car turns the driver into an instructor

09.06.2016

When autonomous driving is enabled, the driver takes their hands off the steering wheel and feet off the pedals. He should be in the car - just in case - but his function is the function of a driving instructor: in which case, apply the brakes.

This approach to the development of an autonomous car was demonstrated by Carnegie Mellon University professor Raj Rajkumar. The university has been developing autonomous driving technologies for almost three decades, and this process was intensified last February as a result of a partnership between a well-known ridesharing company and Carnegie Mellon University's National Center for Robotic Engineering.

A professor showed attendees at a conference in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the University's latest 2011 self-driving car, the Cadillac SRX, on a windy road lined with parked school buses and other vehicles, and explained the principles of autonomous driving through a camera.

"When the autonomous driving function is enabled, the driver takes his hands off the wheel and takes his feet off the pedals. He should be in the car - just in case - but his function is the function of a driving instructor: in which case, apply the brakes."

The car uses a set of cameras, lasers and four computers to monitor and analyze everything that is happening around. It can follow a given route, obey speed limits and traffic lights, smoothly enter curves, and brake or accelerate when circumstances require.

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