Transcript The Google Driverless Car

THE GOOGLE DRIVERLESS CAR
Steven Salanger
WHY GO DRIVERLESS?
Over 30,000 deaths
annually,
domestically
 Over 1,000,000
deaths annually
totally
 No drunk driving
 Free Time!
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DEVELOPEMENT
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Sebastian Thrun
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Only Successful Vehicle at
Darpa Challenge
Google names him fellow,
leads team
Used Similar technology
on street cars
 Developed system that
could potentially be used
on any car
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HOW IT WORKS
LIDAR Based Laser system sends 64 different
beams of light and measures the distance/shape/size
of objects
 28 ½ measurements per second
 Combined with Radars and Wheel encoders
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Produces incredibly precise image of surroundings
HOW IT WORKS
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In addition to top
laser and Radar on
bumpers
2 Narrow View
Cameras on
dashboard
 1 Wide View Camera
on dashboard
 GPS
 Computer
Processing Unit in
trunk
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INFORMATION GATHERED,
INSTANTANEOUSLY PORTRAYED ON
SCREEN
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How It Works
WHAT MAKES IT SO UNIQUE?
Volvo, Mercedes, Audi,
Toyota all testing out
driverless features
 Google only truly
driverless model
 Google’s Important
Patents
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How it learns and
makes decisions
IS IT PRACTICAL?
Pros:
Cons:
 Can be applied to any  $150,000 in equipment
car
each
 Proven to be safe
 Not legal in most states
 Laws would have to be
 More fuel efficient
re-written
 On wide scale use,
would decongest traffic
REFERENCES
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Thrun, Sebastian. "Sebastian Thrun: Google's Driverless
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Priddle, Alisa, and Chris Woodyard. "Google Discloses
Costs of Its Driverless Car Tests."USA Today. Gannett,
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