Yes vikas, Agree with you as we are dealing with multiple variables in addition to people , animals also cross the road and series of pot whole. However timeframe might be faster. Thanks and regards Asif
On 12/7/21, Vikas Kapoor <dl.vi...@gmail.com> wrote: > It might take nearly 5 years to develop this technology, but will certainly > take 50 to 500 years for India to make the favourable conditions to enable > us to operate such technology. > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessindia@accessindia.org.in <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> On > Behalf Of Vetrivel Murugan Adhimoolam > Sent: Tuesday, December 7, 2021 2:22 PM > To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning > the disabled. <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> > Subject: [AI] Fwd: Driverless Cars > > This is indeed good news for the visually impaired. > How wonderful it will be if a visually impaired person can own their own > driverless car and be driven around in it and not have to depend on someone > to do it. > This technology is advancing so rapidly that one can expect that within the > next five years many people especially the visually impairedwill be using > these cars routinely. > > Driverless Cars > Waymo is already offering driverless taxi service in San Francisco, > California, and Pheonix, Arizona (Credit: Alamy) By Jenny Cusack 29th > November 2021 Self-driving vehicles are steadily becoming a reality despite > the many hurdles still to be overcome – and they could change our world in > some unexpected ways. > It's a late night in the Metro area of Phoenix, Arizona. Under the > artificial glare of street lamps, a car can be seen slowly approaching. > Active sensors on the vehicle radiate a low hum. A green and blue 'W' glows > from the windscreen, giving off just enough light to see inside – to a > completely empty driver seat. > > The wheel navigates the curb steadily, parking as an arrival notification > pings on the phone of the person waiting for it. When they open the door to > climb inside, a voice greets them over the vehicle's sound system. "Good > evening, this car is all yours – with no one upfront," it says. > > This is a Waymo One robotaxi, hailed just 10 minutes ago using an app. The > open use of this service to the public, slowly expanding across the US, is > one of the many developments signalling that driverless technology is truly > becoming a part of our lives. > > The promise of driverless technology has long been enticing. It has the > potential to transform our experience of commuting and long journeys, take > people out of high-risk working environments and streamline our industries. > It's key to helping us build the cities of the future, where our reliance > and relationship with cars are redefined – lowering carbon emissions and > paving the way for more sustainable ways of living. And it could make our > travel safer. "We want safer roads and less fatalities. Automation > ultimately could provide that," says Camilla Fowler, head of automated > transport for the UK's Transport Research Laboratory (TRL). > The ultimate vision experts are working towards is of completely driverless > vehicles, both within industry, wider transport networks, and personal-use > cars, that can be deployed and used anywhere and everywhere around the > world. > > Mcity puts driverless cars through their paces in an environment that mimics > a real city, complete with crossing pedestrians (Credit: Jeff > Kowalsky/AFP/Getty Images) Mcity puts driverless cars through their paces in > an environment that mimics a real city, complete with crossing pedestrians > (Credit: Jeff Kowalsky/AFP/Getty Images) At the Mcity Test Facility at the > University of Michigan, experts are addressing this. The world's first > purpose-built testing ground for autonomous vehicles, it's a mini-town of > sorts, made up of 16 acres of road and traffic infrastructure. It includes > traffic signals and signs, underpasses, building facades, tree cover, home > and garage exterior for testing delivery and ride-hailing, and different > terrains such as road, pedestrian walkways, railway tracks, and > road-markings which the vehicles must navigate. It's here that experts test > scenarios that even the most experienced of drivers may be pressed to > handle, from children playing in the street to two cars trying to merge on a > junction at the same time. > > CHANGE AGENTS > We know the world has to change for humanity to thrive. But what are the > most promising solutions that could provide the kind of transformation we > need? In a world adjusting to the recent global pandemic, Change Agents > examines innovations and technologies that could make our planet a better, > healthier place to live. > > "We're trying to bring people from different parts of the university – not > only engineers, but we have people from across disciplines such as > psychology, more human-machine-interaction type people, because there are > lots of angles to this problem we are trying to solve when it comes to > safety," says Ozay. In the facility, Ozay and her team can test different > traffic scenarios, as well as explore how autonomous vehicles communicate > with each other yet keep vehicle and personal data secure from hackers. > > That self-driving taxis are already on the roads in Phoenix, Arizona, is due > to a prolonged testing process like the one Ozay's team is conducting. > Currently only available as a test service to the public in small defined > areas, in the next two years there are plans to release the taxis on a > greater and wider scale. For example, US-based company Waymo is currently > rolling out to new city test sites that could very realistically see > robotaxis operational in San Francisco and New York by 2023. But their > co-chief executive Tekedra Mawakana was cautious to say what further roll > out of its service there might be, and where, because "safety takes time". > > AutoX, a start-up funded by Alibaba, launched its fully driverless RoboTaxi > in Shanghai, China in 2020. By 2023 it's likely their service will be > available in other cities across China, as well as in California. > > Much of the driverless technology already in use exists in industrial > settings like mines, warehouses, and ports, but Hynd believes in the next > two years we can expect to see this extended to "last mile delivery". This > means the final part of a journey for goods and services – the point at > which they are delivered to the consumer. For example, autonomous HGV trucks > on motorways or even delivery vehicles for products and groceries. > > One new space we can expect to see driverless technology deployed in is > high-risk environments, from nuclear plants to military settings, to limit > the dangers to human life, says Fowler. A Rio Tinto mine in Western > Australia, for example, is currently operating the largest autonomous fleet > in the world. The trucks are controlled by a centralised system miles away > in Perth. > > "If you can take people out of that and you can have vehicles that are > driving themselves, and are fully automated even, if you've got somebody > who's remotely needing to control that vehicle in that high-risk environment > then that's got to be good," says Fowler. > > In the next five years most driverless technology will remain behind the > scenes. TRL is investigating the potential for driverless HGVs on motorways, > including the idea of platooning vehicles. Platoons are a group of > semi-autonomous vehicles that drive a close distance between each other, > stopping other vehicles from separating them. By driving closer together, > vehicles in a platoon can be more fuel efficient by taking advantage of the > slipstream of the truck in front while also helping to reduce congestion as > the lorries take up less overall space on the road. Also in this space is > Plus, the first self-driving truck manufacturer, whose European pilots > commenced this year after a successful trial on Wufengshan highway in > China's Yangtze Delta economic centre. > > You might also like: > > The internet behemoth you've never heard of The technology to end traffic > jams How Google's balloons surprised their creators Away from these > industries, Ozay further predicts that "we will possibly see lighter robotic > vehicles that can potentially use sidewalks and bike paths with limited > speeds – for delivering things such as food and groceries." > > When it comes to public transport, Oxbotica is also working with > German-based vehicle systems specialist ZF over the next five years to make > the driverless shuttle a true mainstay for European cities, operating on > roads, as well as at airports, much in the same way buses do now. "The > shuttles in airports we see today on rails won't need those rails in five > years from now. This means driverless shuttles have the potential to > transport you from the car park to the airport, then straight through to > your gate and the plane," Jinks explains. > > My hope is that cars will be smart enough to say 'yes' or 'no' when asked if > they can reliably and safely get a non-driver from point A to point B on a > given day – Necmiye Ozay For users, this could mean more reliable and > cost-efficient transport systems. "Interlinking autonomous transport systems > to bring a public transport system that is as efficient as you jumping in > your own car and driving it yourself has got to be the answer to congestion > in the future," > adds Jinks. > > > Some of this thinking is already taking place. In 2018, IKEA developed a > concept autonomous vehicle that can double up as meeting rooms, hotels, and > stores. The impact this type of innovation would have is reduced requirement > for travel in the first place, offering instead interchangeable, on-demand > environments as and when we need them. Our needs could be met right where we > are. > > Ozay expects many more self-driving options to be available for customers > during this time, including in the passenger vehicle space. "My hope is that > cars will be smart enough to say 'yes' or 'no' when asked if they can > reliably and safely get a non-driver from point A to point B on a given day, > by analysing the weather and traffic conditions beforehand," she explains. > > 10 years from now > > Despite all the developments and innovations the next decade is likely to > hold, some experts still feel we might be a way off from full deployment of > driverless vehicles. By 2031, "full-self driving – human-level or above, in > all possible conditions, where you can put kids by themselves in the car to > send them to arbitrary locations without worrying – is not something I > expect to see," says Ozay. > > Once commuters can let their cars take over the driving completely, will it > free them up for new kinds of productivity and activities? (Credit: Thomas > Lohnes/AFP/Getty Images) Once commuters can let their cars take over the > driving completely, will it free them up for new kinds of productivity and > activities? (Credit: Thomas Lohnes/AFP/Getty Images) > > Hynd agrees that full automation is unlikely on this timescale. "With > anything transport infrastructure, anything that society uses, so many other > things need to come into play. And I don't just mean regulation," he says. > Safety will be a major hurdle, especially for countries slower to adopt the > change because of the huge costs involved. Infrastructure will also dictate > how fast and effectively this technology can roll out, and public perception > and willingness to use autonomous vehicles will need to increase according > to Hynd. > > But not everyone agrees. Jinks is confident that we'll see autonomous > vehicles on the roads at the same time as human-driven vehicles in 10 years > from now. In this vein, you may very well be stepping onto a driverless > shuttle at the airport, then into a self-driving taxi to take you to your > final destination. > > Owning a driverless car in the next 10 years is less likely – it'll still be > too expensive for most people, according to Hynd. But the promise of > driverless technology is about unchaining us from our reliance on cars, and > how that can transform the use of our time and our environment. > > "This is one of the biggest engineering problems that we're trying to solve > in a century," Jinks says. "It will be an evolution over time from less > complex environments and capabilities, to more complex, to everywhere. It's > a continuum, and think about that continuum... It will keep improving over > time. These things will continuously learn from each other." > > Much in the same way that electric charging stations have slowly entered car > parks, side streets, and service stations, so too will autonomous vehicles > eventually make their way into our everyday worlds. Years from now, we may > well be wondering how we ever lived without them. > > -- > > > > -- > > > Thanks and Regards, > > Vetri. > > -- > Disclaimer: > 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the > person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; > > 2. 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