Driverless car

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What is driverless car? History of driverless car. Reason behind the making. How work it? Current status. Advantages and Disadvantages. Source.

What is driverless car?

It is a vehicle that can drive itself from one point to another without driver; in other words,the car with an autopilot system.

History of driverless car.In 1925, Houdina radio control demonstrated the radio controlled

driverless car “linrrican wonder” on new york city streets.

In 1939,General motors show a driverless car in word fair just like a projects.

In 1953 RCA labs successfully built a miniature car that was guided and controlled by wires that were laid in a pattern on a laboratory floor.

In 1987, Mercedes-Benz build up autonomous car.Since then, numerous major companies and research

organizations have developed working prototype autonomous vehicles including Mercedes-Benz, General motors, Nissan, Toyota, Tesla, Audi, Volvo and also Google in July 2013.

Reason behind the making.Driver error is the most common cause of

traffic accident.Nearly 1.25 million people die in road

accident in an each year, that is one person is killed every 25 seconds.

Using cell phone during driving, drink and drive, entertainment systems and also traffic are reason for accident.

So, solve this all problem driverless car is useful for us, and this is the reason behind making it.

How work it? Anti-locks brakes

(ABS) Electronics stability control(ESC) Cruise control Infrared camera LIDAR(Light Detection

And Ranging) Stereo vision GPS(Global Positioning

System)

Current status. As of 2012: Nevada is the 1st state to allow

driverless car can be legally operated on public roads.

Google driverless car had been tested in traffic area atleast 2,25,000.

Driverless car will be ready for market in as little as three to four years.

Google driverless car`s price is around 1 crore. So many companies such that: Mercedes-Benz,

Audi and Volvo are also working on this technology.

Advantages Managing traffic flow to increase road

capacity. To avoid accident. Very helpful to physical handicapped people. Useful to our environment. Relieving vehicle occupants from driving

allowing them to concentrate on other tasks or to rest during their journeys.

Useful to senior citizen.

Disadvantages. This vehicle is using internet which is have

less security from hackers. Hackers can change the rout which is

plotted in the system and also switched off on the road(in rare case)

In case of failure of main sensor and backup sensors the vehicle can create a chance of accident.

It is too slow for us.It`s maximum speed is 63 km/h

Source.http://www.autoevolution.comhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autono

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googlesautonomousvehicle.weebly.com

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