[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。 , y# X* `0 [( j% v7 I
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1 \9 o% o6 S# e0 R2 `  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。  & N( t6 D6 e+ K# l; F3 d1 o' [

  l7 {1 `- r  K+ }  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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  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。  8 k. ~* o' X, M3 ~
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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。  
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7 k, i; }8 l5 q5 Y: x0 \  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。  
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( F9 T9 e$ ]! p" I  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。  rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de* e' g6 }0 [3 X) \9 I1 x0 V% }5 O

; }+ @# D' ]7 \6 B2 _6 c4 w% R$ q  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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* I# X3 B5 _/ ~# F9 A) Q; Ors238848.rs.hosteurope.de  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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! K3 [9 H1 _, Y" G, i" h. N  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。  
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: E$ ]' U" s! ?5 C% U  ●接受都市挑战  
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) p6 L8 f/ S5 A! @7 O* \7 a: 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。  * i, `9 _. V: s# G  i6 F# Y
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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。  * o8 p# `& z% U' \5 _& k. F; T
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  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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Driverless car goes on show in London
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) K) C* A' j* C5 @2 i' d/ _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.
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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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3 S  k$ l- X0 q4 trs238848.rs.hosteurope.deAn 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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1 w5 _( Y5 L( x  m& e8 A2 ?. zrs238848.rs.hosteurope.deIn 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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- i" o! G$ Z$ [3 H+ h"We are competing against the world's best in terms of automobile technology," Ibeo chief executive Ulrich Lages said.9 N/ y! {5 C- r( S$ L

9 I: W0 L* u9 F0 p  N  r: E"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.
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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.: s. o; a# p7 h0 I7 O3 S$ @

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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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