$ h0 o+ n$ |. `( t: J' W 最后由无人驾驶汽车的“脑”———安装在汽车后备箱内的计算机，将两组数据汇合、分析，并根据结果向汽车传达相应的行驶命令。 / d7 \" _* B' {
- ? D8 f1 D5 R
多项先进科技确保这款无人驾驶汽车能够灵活换挡、加速、转弯、刹车甚至倒车。在茫茫车海和人海中，它能巧妙避开建筑、障碍物、其他车辆和行人，从容前行。 2 h6 ?7 H+ A# N9 C/ P% @" f . y$ z' _, b1 R& K! S9 Z ●接受都市挑战 - T9 z" y" s, ~# w2 g. Y1 j3 f% e. N! `( X6 v8 |9 j
Team Lux公司将携装有这种先进无人驾驶技术的汽车参加今年11月在美国举行的无人驾驶汽车拉力赛。 ( M5 F1 `( m2 V) Z. r- U
& [3 J+ ]; p7 B4 }, B2 c+ m 今年的比赛要求参赛汽车在美国某城市中心区行驶97公里，旨在考验无人驾驶汽车在错综复杂的城市交通系统下安全、快速行驶的能力。冠军将获得120万美元奖金。这一比赛由美国国防部高级研究计划局赞助，旨在为研发无人驾驶技术提供候选方案。比赛已分别于2005年和2003年举办两届。 $ S- r6 j; W7 o6 K `' Q! O 5 D( h$ P" P; a 2005年比赛在加利福尼亚州莫哈韦沙漠举行，4辆无人驾驶汽车成功穿越212公里崎岖路段到达终点。冠军“斯坦尼”还被着名《连线》杂志评为“最佳智能机器人”。! T* `& M4 m5 b; d, k
: Q' \7 w( S; e( B1 Z( I; o3 [! P0 W3 k
Driverless car goes on show in London % E! v% s6 Y- g2 t# j! D t9 k, }( Q5 d: P" D. |; EA car driven by a hi-tech ghost of laser sensors and computers has gone on exhibit in London, before it competes against other robot cars in the United States in November.) u& L/ D" Q. F- d
, G. P9 Q: @7 B) }2 h: d. r
The Volkswagen Passat 2.0 TDI drives using two eye-like laser sensors in the front and one in the back that scan road conditions, buildings, other vehicles and pedestrians over a range of up to 200 metres.6 R- @9 z s7 C. k# N
1 w3 M- O2 b# V5 J4 n, K* ~
An on-board computer digests and acts on the information using software developed by the Hamburg, Germany-based Ibeo Automobile Sensor company, said company experts displaying the car at the Science Museum in London.# m: y! U6 T* ]9 k9 W
, o3 T" c. y) M0 kIn November, the car will compete against other driverless vehicles in the third annual US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Urban Challenge over a 60-mile course in America.0 ^' I" _$ j2 b
5 ]& j; r" P7 a+ D( `2 C0 q- Y"We are competing against the world's best in terms of automobile technology," Ibeo chief executive Ulrich Lages said.# h: r# _7 {& t
$ L9 t( c+ l) ~"Although we are a relatively small team and, unlike the big players, do not have a large budget, we believe we have a great chance at DARPA 2007," he said.6 l t4 t2 G, s0 B
8 e4 S+ E# M/ o8 J
"Our innovative laser technology gives us a lead of several years over our prospective rivals, especially in the field of object and environmental detection," he said. & K; r# D/ B1 N( l1 S, M2 v& |; q& R* P% O8 z7 ^0 S1 l% v! J
Christened LUX, the refitted Volkswagen that looks exactly like a standard road model is due to go into small-scale production next year and the firm hopes that its technology can eventually be used in production cars. ) l2 F6 ~+ V& b# y7 O( O2 L' _' ~4 v1 O' o- E1 j" Y0 j* R
At a conference in the US city of San Francisco in February, scientists predicted robot-driven cars could be shuttling humans around by the year 2030.
图片附件: [The Volkswagen Passat 2.0 TDI.] Driverless car.jpg (2007-4-13 13:07, 22.59 KB) / 下载次数 100