[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7 q2 y6 j. s0 n

2 |( h7 Y/ K5 e' E# h  ●智能汽车无人开
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2 M! l6 z6 F* u5 u: h9 D* \# a4 m7 \  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。  7 c7 R5 p* I9 x: q5 i* A4 M

4 |$ B9 q. E" h" }' G/ G5 j  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。”  rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de! I9 v6 o" a6 t( S  {6 h
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  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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$ [3 s9 W7 k7 `! jrs238848.rs.hosteurope.de  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。  
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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。  8 W) s# W; O0 V) E( ]
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  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。  - p% k3 V# {5 }! i- a. L0 S2 a- p. G8 S! N
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  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。  
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$ D' O3 q. X0 v* d! n( n  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。  + V8 ~) Z- `4 N5 I, c8 T* i

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  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.de1 ~1 v! J$ K3 c6 ?) T

, U; b& D* |! ]8 x0 e2 g5 Crs238848.rs.hosteurope.de  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。  7 ]! n/ y( H$ c; l) H0 @

6 R- x) q/ a. I: \rs238848.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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6 \% o4 c" |. {' Q3 dDriverless car goes on show in London; |" |! o: v2 G
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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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de, G3 ^$ h6 |' ]
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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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de& |- A$ o& u  t2 L

- C$ f- e. u) O/ KAn 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.! w! q0 X7 A3 Z: X  E+ |, C# T

7 R6 n1 B. O$ w. H' x  aIn 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.
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0 a  O8 `) @7 N' @( R+ P9 ]"We are competing against the world's best in terms of automobile technology," Ibeo chief executive Ulrich Lages said.
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/ p7 Y! F; I3 t( k7 x, z7 r" Nrs238848.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.人在德国 社区4 y% I& g, r6 I7 R
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"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) e9 Q) S% n& U' {6 H: I7 a2 b
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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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; O7 K/ E* w( Q% R7 z% f; ]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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