THE SELF-DRIVING CARWes Goldman

Preview

• Background Info• How it Works• Roadblocks• Pros• Cons• The Future

Background Information

• Goals– Increased Safety–Reduced Traffic

• Ex: Google’s Toyota Prius

• http://pocketnow.com/2012/10/05/self-driving-cars

How it Works

• Features–Laser–Camera–Radars–GPS–Wheel Encoder

• http://visual.ly/how-autonomous-vehicles-work

How it Works

• http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/artificial-intelligence/how-google-self-driving-car-works

RoadblocksSnow

Hand Signals

Changed Roads

Danger of Driving

‘04 ‘05 ‘06 ‘07 ‘08 ‘09Accidents(x 1 mil)

10.9 10.7 10.4 10.6 10.2 10.8

Deaths(x 1 thou) thou)

44.9 45.3 45.3 43.9 39.7 35.9

ProsSafety

• http://www.villageoflombard.org/index.aspx?NID=433

Less Traffic

• http://evidencebasedliving.human.cornell.edu/2012/01/the-evidence-on-traffic/

Cons

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The Future

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdgQpa1pUUE

• Less Accidents Due To:– Distractions• texting • kids

– -Impairments• Intoxication• drowsiness

Works Cited• Blodget, Henry. “Here are Some of the Problems Google is Having with its Self-Driving

Cars.” Business Insider. March 3, 2013. Web. http://www.businessinsider.com/google-self-driving-car-problems-2013-3.

• Guizzo, Eric. “How Google’s Self-Driving Car Works.” IEEE. October 18, 2011. Web.

http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/artificial-intelligence/how-google-self-driving-car-works#.

• Hickey, Megan. “Self-Driving Cars are not too far off.” USA Today. April 10, 2013. Web.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2013/04/10/self-driving-cars/2071607/.

• U.S. Census Bureau. “Transportation: Motor Vehicle Accidents and Fatalities.” June 27,

2012. Web. http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/cats/transportation/motor_vehicle_accidents_and_fatalities.html.