[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。 人在德国 社区+ \2 L6 j7 A5 ?8 S6 U

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1 M2 @# `. ]1 d6 m* T  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。  
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$ `/ f% d" ]4 x4 E% J$ G/ c# P: W  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。”  
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) L( K% ?5 n' H8 k8 n" X& V) n  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。  
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  ●前后装了“两只眼”  
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  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。  rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de/ c( }" U9 s* E4 J; s
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  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。  " i: X$ }6 P5 W/ U7 x! K  T

% C4 G, {9 }9 R( P  |3 m  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。  / d* X. Z# u! ?) r+ {: Y3 ]: B

# S: s$ F3 H6 |9 [  T1 a+ `4 r7 Z0 [7 M  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。  rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de' A/ t8 Z2 L0 M  M) p$ q) z: p! X

- \9 ?- E! j5 }+ _: p- i2 v% c  m  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。  
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  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。  rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de) z2 x1 A; M8 x& W* F
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6 z1 n- U4 }, S  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。  rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de; [0 a& g- g- U; }
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  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。  + p- F3 J7 ~7 S( h

3 ^6 E8 |7 ~/ O  s& E& Y( O" \0 e5 \# Mrs238848.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”。

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" ~5 |  _4 Y' W4 v7 P, S+ u  ers238848.rs.hosteurope.deDriverless car goes on show in London
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  H! H/ }9 l! grs238848.rs.hosteurope.deA 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.
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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.
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- c6 m9 ^% [" UAn 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.
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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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de: ]9 a5 j& b* D7 ^$ V

7 U% K; T/ P9 M6 I/ L"We are competing against the world's best in terms of automobile technology," Ibeo chief executive Ulrich Lages said.- @: l* h# V% g' s4 K% n+ \5 c

& p/ _5 [* n& h: @4 e4 i! qrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de"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.' y9 V4 q3 q3 m3 M& J4 D  P9 _

1 ~, m; ^  H7 e6 I/ ?( brs238848.rs.hosteurope.de"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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de/ f* f5 i0 [3 x
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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.
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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.

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The Volkswagen Passat 2.0 TDI.

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