Google unmanned vehicle left the streets of Mountain View

Yesterday cars manufactured Google appeared on the streets of Mountain View. The company has started a new stage prototype testing.

Until that time, the car ran in an unusual form at the site of the Air Force 200 kilometers south-east of San Francisco.

As previously reported , at the request of the authorities prototype equipped with pedals, the wheel (removable) and rear-view mirrors. In the original draft in the car was just a button "Go».

Google has long been testing unmanned vehicles on public roads, but so far it's been third-party machines (Lexus and Toyota). Now the streets of California for the first time left a real car of the future .



"When we started to design the world's first fully unmanned vehicle, the goal was to completely rid a person of the burden of the machine control, - сказано corporate blog. - The vehicle must deliver a person from point A to point B by pressing a button. And it could change the lives of millions of people as 94% accidents caused by human error, restore people billions of hours wasted in traffic jams, as well as to give opportunities to those who can not move because they do not have the physical capabilities to control the machine ».

For the first time it is planned to test the 25 cars in the vicinity of the headquarters, and then build another 50-100 units, and expand the range of testing over the hilly terrain and rainy.

For each prototype set a maximum speed limit of 25 mph (40 km / h), so as not to disturb others drivers and not to scare them. The car uses the same software as the standard "UAVs» Lexus RX450h, which Google has tested so far.

By the way, this week, Lexus RX450h seen in ugly behavior. Being unmanned, he aggressively подрезал Unmanned Vehicles other firm Delphi Automotive Plc, are tested on the same road. As representatives of Delphi Automotive Plc, their drone "take action" and the accident was avoided.

Source: geektimes.ru/post/252580/