Google Driverless Car

Have you ever thought of going on a drive without having anyone holding the steering of the car ? If NO then better think of it. With the Google's Driverless Car , i guess it is a great idea now.

Yes, you have heard it right - A Driverless Car .  It is a Google project for autonomous cars which was declared by Google in the year 2010. According to researchers at Google, there are hundreds of road accidents happening everyday. Roads are getting busier day by day and the number of automobiles are increasing at a fast rate.

Keeping the above situation in mind they have been working on this project for past some years. The main target of the project was to develop a "self driving car". We all know that machines are much more reliable than human beings in terms of efficiency. So with this concept, it is believed that these cars will be much more safer than cars driven by humans.

The technology that is being used in this project is Google Chauffeur. Although the concept is being applied and tested on different vehicles till date including the brands like Audi , BMW etc. But the basic concept model of the car is displayed below:

These are basically the robotic cars that work with the help of different equipment and devices working simultaneously. The car has nearly $150,000 in equipment. The main devices that are helpful in the working of the car are:

• Video Camera
• Lidar
• Position Estimator
• Distance Sensors

A basic diagram below will give you a brief description of each of the above device.

Using the above equipment the car keeps itself at a safe distance from other vehicles. This is done by regularly checking up the data acquiesced by sensors installed in the car. The car actually communicates with other cars and things around it.

Another feature of car is that it varies its speed depending upon the surrounding environment. According to researchers who have studied the behavior of  vehicles on roads for over many years, Every time being slow driving is not safe. For an instance, you are driving at a speed of 40 km/hr and vehicles passing by you are going at 100 km/hr, then neither they nor you are safe.

It is estimated that with the adoption of this concept of Driverless Cars on our highways and busy roads we would be able to reduce the occurrence of road accidents by a great number. More over the traffic on roads would become much more disciplined and safe. And, this will surely follow the life saving principle of 'Live And Let Others Live'.

Drive safe.!!

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