Google's self-driving car makes major progress and can recognize hundreds of objects in real time

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NetEase Technology News, April 29, according to foreign media reports, Google said on Monday that its testing of self-driving car technology has made significant progress. So far, Google's self-driving cars have completed 700,000 miles of driving tests, including not only highway driving tests without traffic lights, but also a large number of suburban street driving tests with more complex ground conditions.

"We still have a lot of problems to solve, such as letting self-driving cars complete more block driving in Mountain View (where Google's headquarters building is located) before going to another city for the next stage of testing. However, the large number of block driving road conditions that seriously troubled us two years ago, self-driving cars can now handle them on their own." Chris Urmson, director of Google's driverless car technology project development, said. Google

also released a YouTube video today to show the progress of the company's self-driving car technology. At present, this technology can automatically identify the following road conditions: cyclists give signals to cross traffic, warning signals at railway crossings, part of a parked vehicle protruding and blocking part of the driving lane, multiple pedestrians and cyclists entering an intersection, construction areas marked with orange traffic cones, etc.

"Driving a mile in the city is much more complex than driving on the highway because there are hundreds of different road conditions in a small area due to different rules," Urmson said. "We have improved our software so that it can now distinguish hundreds of different objects in real time - such as pedestrians, buses, stop signs held by traffic control officers, or hand signals from cyclists to cross the road. Self-driving cars can usually pay attention to all of the above road conditions at the same time in a way that humans cannot, and they will never be distracted or feel tired."

So far, Google's self-driving cars have completed nearly 700,000 miles of test trips.

Google has always been under the social burden of promoting self-driving car technology. The company hopes to convince the public, regulators and insurance companies that self-driving car technology is trustworthy in terms of safety and convenience. Although it is still unclear how Google will eventually make money from this technology, self-driving cars free drivers' hands, which will help them watch videos, check emails, update social network status, or do any Internet operations during future driving - this may be one of the most direct benefits for Google as an Internet company. Google's self-driving car has made significant progress and can identify hundreds of objects in real time.

Although many people are eager to see the arrival of the era of self-driving cars, some people are unwilling to give up control of their cars easily, and even do not believe in the reliability of the technology. In addition, some people are unwilling to pay extra for new technologies.

However, Google and its self-driving technology will eventually win the market. According to data from the research agency IHS, there will be about 230,000 self-driving cars on the road in the world in 2025, but by 2035, this number will rise to 11.8 million. By 2050, all cars in the world will be self-driving.

"The rate of traffic accidents involving self-driving cars will approach zero. Although other vehicles may hit self-driving cars, the total accident rate will steadily decline as the latter's share of the entire market continues to increase. Traffic congestion and air pollution will also improve with the emergence of self-driving cars because they can be programmed to drive in the most efficient and energy-saving mode." said Egil Juliussen, an analyst at IHS.

Google is a pioneer in the field of self-driving cars, but if it says it will start selling related products now, it is still a long way off.

Nissan, General Motors and Continental AG all expect that self-driving cars will not officially appear on the road until 2020. Ford has now also produced a prototype of its self-driving car. Tesla said it hopes to make its cars automatically handle 90% of driving work by 2016.


In fact, there are many non-technical problems facing self-driving cars on the market. For example, if a self-driving car causes a traffic accident, who will ultimately bear the responsibility - the owner or the manufacturer? And how will the insurance company handle compensation? These issues are also the reason why today's self-driving car prototypes always have a human co-pilot. The

Brookings Institution pointed out last week that it does not believe that driverless cars will be subject to today's legal mechanisms.

"The US legal framework has a solid product liability law, although it is not perfect, but I believe that in the next few years, as self-driving cars continue to emerge, relevant legal issues will be addressed accordingly." The Brookings Institution pointed out. (Lu Xin)

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