It was a severe blow to the Work on self-driving car: In March, ran over a robot, a pedestrian car from Uber. Now, you will be tested.
Update 21. December 2018: The robot car of the travel service intermediary Uber, nine months after a deadly accident on the road. On Thursday, the Autonomous test were recorded driving in the city of Pittsburgh, like Uber confirmed. Previously, the transport authority of the state of Pennsylvania had Jokerbet approved this. In San Francisco and in Toronto, Canada as the cars are first of all of the people controlled on-the-go. Uber stresses, since the accident we have improved the security arrangements.
According to a preliminary report by the accident investigation authority NTSB, the Uber-Software had problems to identify the woman pushing a Bicycle next to him, although the many Sensors on the vehicle you registered. The car is not braked. By the manufacturer of the Volvo built-in emergency braking system was disabled.
video recordings from the vehicle, was to see that the safety had not looked driver at the wheel prior to the impact on the road. The Website “The Information” reported recently, a few days before the accident, one of the developers have the guidance of the Robot program on the risks pointed out.
one of Uber Changes to it, that two persons sit on each test run in the car. It is better to monitor whether a driver is tired or distracted. People should not spend more than four hours per day behind the Wheel – in the past, it could be eight hours. And the emergency brake assistant is now turned on.
According to U.S. media reports, Uber had a car at times also a setting of the Robot program is considered – but decided to keep going, because it is a key technology for the future business.
output message: New report – As it came to a fatal accident with Uber robot car
San Francisco – The fatal accident involving a robot car from Uber to report, according to a media according to previous studies on a Software error. The Computer ignores the Sensor data to an obstacle indicated on the street, because he classified it as a false alarm, reported by the technology Website The Information, citing informed persons. Uber has not commented on the report, having regard to ongoing investigations.
The robot car of Uber killed in a night-time test drive in the city of Tempe in the US state of Arizona, a woman that crossed the multi-lane road. The accident-course of events raised the question of why the car, the Sensors would have detected neither abbremste still evaded, although the pedestrian, pushing a bike alongside. Also the man at the wheel of the vehicle did not respond and seemed to be on the video recording from the interior to be before the accident distracted. Uber suspended all trips with his robot car.
The report of The Information according to the Software of the Uber-robot cars taught to ignore the Sensor data, in some cases, for example if it is on the way to harmless objects such as a flying plastic bag. This should prevent unnecessary sharp braking, if it would endanger in such cases, the security. In the specific case, the settings had gone too far, and the Software didn’t react quickly enough, it said.
see also: Fatal accident – the self-driving Uber car detects a pedestrian.
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