Google new business is the unmanned vehicle

Dr. Sebastian Thrun, a leading Google X, he taught computer science at Stanford, invented the world's first driverless cars. Durham, Ph.D., is a world-renowned top robotics and artificial intelligence expert. He also served as director of the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at Stanford University. The Thrun Dr. has invented the world's first an unmanned vehicle, he was the inventor of Google's Street View service.

Speaking of unmanned vehicles, project leaders Thrun Dr. state like a pious and fanatical missionaries. "How do you say  See a Toyota Prius car on a mountain road, people will be very surprised if you see a funnel machine like engine." He began to describe. "But in fact this Toyota Prius, than you imagine to be smarter." Because this is an unmanned vehicle.

The driverless car is a secret project in the Google X - use of artificial intelligence software, perception to a nearby car, and mimic the human to make the right decision. Thrun said that if there is trouble behind the wheel of the car will exercise control over. Sitting in the passenger seat technicians, will monitor the entire navigation system. Google's seven unmanned vehicle involved in the test, completely without human intervention, they traveled a total of 1000 miles. Occasionally in human manipulation a case, the unmanned vehicle driving 140,000 miles.

Of an unmanned vehicle, or even to open his own to Los Angeles Lombard street, which can be regarded as the steepest street in the United States. According to Google engineer, the only accident, "is a driverless car stopped at a red light, was rear-end."

Car many years ago, can be mass production. Google technicians have been dreaming of the car like the Internet did change society. The robot is faster than the human response, you can have 360 degree vision, and never distracted, does not appear drowsy or narcissistic. Google engineer finds that the invention is to save lives. According to the latest statistics, in 2008, the nation's 37,000 people died in a car accident.

The engineer pointed out that the unmanned vehicle can make the road traffic capacity doubling. The unmanned vehicle is very safe, the distance of each one can do more recent. Unmanned vehicle collision probability is greatly reduced, then they can be a lighter cars, so fuel consumption will be less. Moreover, since the real safety factor, the driverless car than today's computers are more reliable and will not be virus infection often.

Google uses artificial intelligence reform and the car plan, to prove that the company has gone beyond the traditional search engine business. Its ambition is to guide it out of the mainstream of the Silicon bmw dvd Valley, a step towards social networks and Hollywood-style digital media.

On a Tuesday in mid-November last year, an unmanned Toyota Prius off. After it departed from the Google campus, 35 miles south, successfully arrived in Los Angeles. Car driverless car, equipped with various sensors and positioning satellite navigation system. I saw it the flexibility to accelerate to enter into the entrance lane, and then they flew on Highway 101 through the entire Silicon Valley.