Google's robotic cars
start as standard vehicles but each packs about $150,000 in equipment,
including a $70,000 radarlike Lidar system, with a laser on the roof and
enough cameras and high-tech gizmos inside to make any Silicon Valley
techie envious.
These devices allow the vehicle to generate a detailed 3-D map of its environment, based on maps Google has produced, and take pictures of its surroundings to detect cars, pedestrians, construction zones and other obstacles in its path.
And how many accidents have occurred in which the driverless vehicle was at fault? One, Google says, with an asterisk. "We actually haven't had any at-fault accidents while the car is in self-driving mode," said Google spokeswoman Katelin Jabbari. "The only at-fault accident was caused while a driver was in control."
http://www.mercurynews.com/mr-roadshow/ci_25755137/test-driving-googles-driverless-car-look-mom-no
These devices allow the vehicle to generate a detailed 3-D map of its environment, based on maps Google has produced, and take pictures of its surroundings to detect cars, pedestrians, construction zones and other obstacles in its path.
And how many accidents have occurred in which the driverless vehicle was at fault? One, Google says, with an asterisk. "We actually haven't had any at-fault accidents while the car is in self-driving mode," said Google spokeswoman Katelin Jabbari. "The only at-fault accident was caused while a driver was in control."
http://www.mercurynews.com/mr-roadshow/ci_25755137/test-driving-googles-driverless-car-look-mom-no
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