[国际新闻] 前后都装“眼” 无人驾驶汽车德国问世

你是否曾想像过,有一天驾车上班的路上,不必再全神贯注地手把方向盘、脚踩刹车,而是悠闲地看报纸、喝茶或聊天,因为有全自动无人驾驶汽车载着你在车海中灵活穿行。如今,德国一家公司应用先进科技把无人驾驶汽车变成了现实。
- D( v: v- V5 d2 M5 U( S0 drs238848.rs.hosteurope.de: _' l# _% d; B' A2 Z
  ●智能汽车无人开
7 E% m8 `& Z$ b5 t2 y7 grs238848.rs.hosteurope.de人在德国 社区7 ?& C" \& Q+ [2 N! H/ C. M' q; j
  在无人驾驶技术研究方面位于世界前列的德国汉堡Ibeo公司研制的无人驾驶汽车,11日在英国伦敦科学博物馆与公众见面。这辆无人驾驶智能汽车经德国大众汽车公司生产的帕萨特2.0改装而成,外表看来与普通家庭汽车并无差别,但却可以在错综复杂的城市公路系统中无人驾驶。这归功于车内安装的无人驾驶设备,包括激光扫描仪、全球定位仪和智能计算机。  
  v  {8 R, y! V7 s, Qrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de
2 G; H; d5 B3 B4 \& ^& n2 p人在德国 社区  德国Team Lux公司已将这种无人驾驶技术应用于家庭车型。“目前,无人驾驶汽车还不能合法上路,但它早晚能做到,”Team Lux公司工作人员弗尔克尔•威尔霍夫特说,“我们能将这种(无人驾驶)设备安装在家庭汽车上,这将使我们的社会更加安全。”  . f5 |- e' V3 ^' l5 V( ?& p6 R' w

; o4 \6 m2 O; |* _1 N( k  Ibeo公司发言人卡琳•迪普考特透露,Ibeo公司已经同全球几家主要汽车生产商,如大众、宝马、克莱斯勒等进行磋商,预计今年内能够投入生产。  5 g% ~8 O+ W* H  Y8 \; ^

" o& G  v1 k) j, I$ H" ?6 k  `  ●前后装了“两只眼”  ' _& V" N" ~- e

* S/ _6 S# N7 L5 ?: [5 V4 u2 Q- a  Ibeo公司发言人迪普考特向参观者介绍了这款无人驾驶汽车的先进之处。  9 y6 o2 |. y; @

' b& J) |6 x, h$ w  }' e  行驶过程中,车内安装的全球定位仪随时获取汽车所在准确方位的信息数据。  
/ X5 J% M& w  K: ]9 u7 f' Q
3 b% K, g/ _# e' q' L  隐藏在前灯和尾灯附近的激光扫描仪是汽车的“眼”,它们随时“观察”汽车周围约183米内的道路状况,构建三维道路模型。  6 [3 J% p5 H8 u8 i( X
* ~) X7 L. K9 A! I/ v1 L
  除此之外,“眼”还能识别各种交通标识,如速度限制、红绿灯、车道划分、停靠点等,保证汽车在遵守交通规则的前提下安全行驶。  
9 h- l1 a  G, f( t人在德国 社区0 A$ K/ z0 B, B9 F0 F
  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。  9 V, d0 w' j5 P3 b4 h
$ X# ~; a9 K, O1 D* G& a, r2 Y
  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。  
4 `1 q$ T8 d  b9 X. r( N
$ f+ ^. c' g+ B" y' Q# W. x  ●接受都市挑战    f% s$ C" b3 `, f" N7 _" `
* I. C3 t# P& O$ x2 G) Y/ y7 l) G( `6 h
  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。  
4 s- l9 @$ r8 c! D! H6 e. M! V; C
  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。  % Y$ i( J% a0 Z. y1 {6 S# e

0 L5 @' }% o) |* zrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de  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”。

) R$ \! `/ ^- frs238848.rs.hosteurope.de
5 y8 d4 z7 |2 S) `9 ?& x; Z. M
5 L+ A- w8 \  Q! t$ drs238848.rs.hosteurope.deDriverless car goes on show in London7 P1 p% L: o# n( U" Z$ @
人在德国 社区6 l, [3 p" _( o) I5 t4 k( ?$ N' g
A 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.
# V5 Z( l% _/ m# r8 Brs238848.rs.hosteurope.de
- [: v5 E9 h4 s" p# A0 ]: a# lThe 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.; }; c$ h: T/ ~' H. |: g
5 @! O3 i. V% @$ G9 T1 y& C
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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de# ?& P4 x8 o% j- ?, |7 j" J

& t7 l- y( [5 ~In 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.4 o/ L' G8 k1 V; F+ ?

) _) V$ [' B% k$ ~8 j"We are competing against the world's best in terms of automobile technology," Ibeo chief executive Ulrich Lages said.
; f+ M; s2 Q6 v: i. f; Z
( S0 S7 ?) E1 T人在德国 社区"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.
0 L( t# O+ u. D6 q. L9 ], Y" Y- Z/ Z
"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., Q% f/ I) p2 n/ v) B5 B
, t- X2 c/ [: t% Z
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.
; K1 X6 n1 S) y: K4 w0 S+ M2 `; n  X1 p* K& M7 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.

Driverless car.jpg (22.59 KB)

The Volkswagen Passat 2.0 TDI.

Driverless car.jpg