Volvo has been designing unmanned vehicle Bashny.Net

Volvo Cars this week объявила the completion of the design work to create a car with the autopilot, which is scheduled to be on the road in two years.

The Swedish company expects to be able to release a commercial version earlier than Nissan, Google and other competitors who are currently conducting tests.

Design "drone» Volvo includes 28 cameras, lasers, sensors and radar scanners and 3D-map of the area in high resolution and GPS-positioning.

Here are some details of the design.

combined radar and camera




Radar perimeter




The cameras on the perimeter recognize the surrounding objects and strip markings on the road. Two cameras are located under the rear-view mirrors, one in the rear bumper, and another in the grille.





Multi-beam laser scanner is integrated into the front bumper and scans the area for 150 meters ahead, recognizing pedestrians invisible to the eye (eg, behind bushes or fence), other vehicles and other objects.



Trёhfokusnaya camera


Long Range Radar


Ultrasonic sensors




3D-map of the area is loaded into the car initially, and receives updates through the Internet.



"Autopilot without a driver will fundamentally change the way we look at cars," - said Peter Mertens (Peter Mertens), the head of the research division of Volvo. He believes that the industry goes to the "uncharted" territory and she has to overcome the difficulties on the meet strict safety requirements.

Mertens said that Volvo engineers have designed a backup system in case of failure of different nodes of the autopilot, and unmanned vehicles respond "faster than most people" in an emergency.

"It is not enough to make such a complex system is 99% reliable - said the expert. - It is necessary to approach much closer to 100% before starting the autopilot on real roads with real drivers ».

Volvo plans to begin mass testing about 100 unmanned vehicles on the streets of Gothenburg in 2017.





Source: geektimes.ru/post/246246/