Google Cars are 5 million kilometers a day in a virtual environment

Driving Simulator h4> Now the company has 22 Lexus RX450x and 33 prototype own autonomous machines . Since the beginning of the project in 2009, these cars drove 2, 3 million kilometers offline and 1, 5 million - in the manual. Every day they overcome the 16 to 24 thousand kilometers. But a much greater distance from the unmanned cars Google are in a virtual environment - 4, 8 million kilometers per day.

Testing vehicles on public roads - an important part of software development of autonomous cars, it helps to get a new experience for learning. But before you rush out the drone in the real world, giving new skills, update the Google testing in a virtual environment.

The "virtual" car after the updates each time re-runs of more than two million kilometers. So Google can make more convenient for passengers turn left at the junction by adjusting the angle of rotation. As a result, quality control robotic cars higher than drivers living . they get into an accident, but as a rule, the fault of the people .

Traffic lights in Austin h4> The California Mountain View lights are arranged vertically, and in Texas Austin - horizontally. To train cars working with these traffic lights, before the trip live autonomous drivers must overcome the desired routes. So the system will receive information about the urban environment - on the road markings, the height at which traffic lights are placed, the height of borders and bridges. All these data allow us to properly configure sensors.





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