How Google's Self-Driving Car Works

This is part 2/3 of the keynote presentation by Sebastian Thrun and Chris Urmson on self-driving cars at IROS 2011. Part 1/3 is here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7ub5D.... Part 3/3 is here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOWhu_.... Read more: http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/ro... (Recorded using a pocket camcorder; apologies for the poor audio quality.)

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[disury0627]

once you put your hands on the steering wheel, you control it.

[Jianju69]

-which is just why they're making this robot SO much more CAREFUL than the typical human driver! In fact, a human would have to really TRY to cause an accident with one, which will be amply documented by the car's navigation system. Still, as automation increases, so does the danger associated with system failure. (See opening statement) I seriously LOVE the way it pays attention to CYCLISTS! (Some humans find it hilarious to throw things at cyclists or swerve towards them.) Great work, Google!

[truckomotive]

9:17 You see pedestrians on the left starting to cross the street, yet, you enter the intersection with a left turn knowing well you are not going to clear it for a while. The oncoming straight through traffic having the right of way (well, one car in this case), was probably not delighted to have their way blocked for no reason.

Can this car throw a smile and a sign of apology like we humans do to make up for lack of foresight?

Or, can it recognize "Oops, i've flanked this one!" to begin with?

[Ken Croll]

... and it's fueled by the jobs of millions of people who work in transportation!

[chris vogel]

my new DD

[chris vogel]

so...soon video game maps are going to be real life places... also ... how does it run in different weather conditions?like rain, or snow?

[TheColoradoJerk]

Self driving cars are rude

[MirUral]

whoah. you could probably even preemptively deploy airbags seconds before impact thanks to all this tracking technology.

[erbhaveshkumar]

Good

[jeystonemusic]

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