Volvo Plans On Installing Accident-Escaping Technology In Future Cars
- 10 years ago
Self-driving vehicles seem to be the future of the automotive industry. Volvo is moving in that direction and has announced that its future cars will be outfitted with computers that can essentially detect problems and plot escape routes to avoid disaster.
Self-driving vehicles seem to be the future of the automotive industry. Volvo is moving in that direction and has announced that by 2020 its vehicles will be outfitted with computers that can essentially detect problems and plot escape routes to avoid disaster.
The system is called the ‘centralized Sensor Fusion framework’ and was developed by the Non-Hit Car and Truck Project. Its purpose is to sense potential accidents, not when they happen, but before.
The possible crashes don’t even have to be in the driver’s line of vision, thanks to an onboard network of radar, lidar, cameras and GPS feeds. In the event that a crash is inevitable, the technology plans a so-called escape route, applies the auto brake and steers away from the wreck.
Accident scenarios are relayed to the driver up to five seconds ahead of a collision. If the person inside the vehicle doesn’t take action in a timely fashion, it handles the avoidance measures on its own.
A spokesperson for the collaboration that helped create the system remarked “With the Non-Hit Car and Truck project, we've taken a significant step towards realising the vision that by 2020 no one should be killed or seriously injured in a new Volvo car.”
The Non-Hit Car and Truck project is a partnership that launched in September of 2010 with an aim of reducing accident dangers for commercial vehicles and regular cars.
Self-driving vehicles seem to be the future of the automotive industry. Volvo is moving in that direction and has announced that by 2020 its vehicles will be outfitted with computers that can essentially detect problems and plot escape routes to avoid disaster.
The system is called the ‘centralized Sensor Fusion framework’ and was developed by the Non-Hit Car and Truck Project. Its purpose is to sense potential accidents, not when they happen, but before.
The possible crashes don’t even have to be in the driver’s line of vision, thanks to an onboard network of radar, lidar, cameras and GPS feeds. In the event that a crash is inevitable, the technology plans a so-called escape route, applies the auto brake and steers away from the wreck.
Accident scenarios are relayed to the driver up to five seconds ahead of a collision. If the person inside the vehicle doesn’t take action in a timely fashion, it handles the avoidance measures on its own.
A spokesperson for the collaboration that helped create the system remarked “With the Non-Hit Car and Truck project, we've taken a significant step towards realising the vision that by 2020 no one should be killed or seriously injured in a new Volvo car.”
The Non-Hit Car and Truck project is a partnership that launched in September of 2010 with an aim of reducing accident dangers for commercial vehicles and regular cars.