[国际新闻] 前后都装“眼” 无人驾驶汽车德国问世

你是否曾想像过,有一天驾车上班的路上,不必再全神贯注地手把方向盘、脚踩刹车,而是悠闲地看报纸、喝茶或聊天,因为有全自动无人驾驶汽车载着你在车海中灵活穿行。如今,德国一家公司应用先进科技把无人驾驶汽车变成了现实。
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0 g1 x1 E5 }# u' m% V  ●智能汽车无人开
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% e  S- c0 Q) }* G$ n0 _  在无人驾驶技术研究方面位于世界前列的德国汉堡Ibeo公司研制的无人驾驶汽车,11日在英国伦敦科学博物馆与公众见面。这辆无人驾驶智能汽车经德国大众汽车公司生产的帕萨特2.0改装而成,外表看来与普通家庭汽车并无差别,但却可以在错综复杂的城市公路系统中无人驾驶。这归功于车内安装的无人驾驶设备,包括激光扫描仪、全球定位仪和智能计算机。  人在德国 社区8 ?* u% ^- [, @
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  德国Team Lux公司已将这种无人驾驶技术应用于家庭车型。“目前,无人驾驶汽车还不能合法上路,但它早晚能做到,”Team Lux公司工作人员弗尔克尔•威尔霍夫特说,“我们能将这种(无人驾驶)设备安装在家庭汽车上,这将使我们的社会更加安全。”  3 t- A3 o; F4 S' B2 k0 [

$ G8 {. W' s& d  Ibeo公司发言人卡琳•迪普考特透露,Ibeo公司已经同全球几家主要汽车生产商,如大众、宝马、克莱斯勒等进行磋商,预计今年内能够投入生产。  5.35.249.64; f1 `2 |$ Y% T9 h+ N

/ E6 G. Q% V# n( z, A, `5.35.249.64  ●前后装了“两只眼”  人在德国 社区* |$ A, q4 l% n- q: ?. z! K! `
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  Ibeo公司发言人迪普考特向参观者介绍了这款无人驾驶汽车的先进之处。  
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  行驶过程中,车内安装的全球定位仪随时获取汽车所在准确方位的信息数据。  
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  隐藏在前灯和尾灯附近的激光扫描仪是汽车的“眼”,它们随时“观察”汽车周围约183米内的道路状况,构建三维道路模型。  5.35.249.64+ U) G9 b) `1 O" h" d3 I- |: Z% O
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  除此之外,“眼”还能识别各种交通标识,如速度限制、红绿灯、车道划分、停靠点等,保证汽车在遵守交通规则的前提下安全行驶。  3 ]( j4 I, \. ~6 t! y: ?

0 L: l. |5 c/ [* P; m* R1 x/ e" k  最后由无人驾驶汽车的“脑”———安装在汽车后备箱内的计算机,将两组数据汇合、分析,并根据结果向汽车传达相应的行驶命令。  
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  多项先进科技确保这款无人驾驶汽车能够灵活换挡、加速、转弯、刹车甚至倒车。在茫茫车海和人海中,它能巧妙避开建筑、障碍物、其他车辆和行人,从容前行。  9 d/ E, o) K4 ]9 g/ I

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, e5 J% s: {, E0 P3 S  Team Lux公司将携装有这种先进无人驾驶技术的汽车参加今年11月在美国举行的无人驾驶汽车拉力赛。  
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4 O7 {8 a, L5 y  今年的比赛要求参赛汽车在美国某城市中心区行驶97公里,旨在考验无人驾驶汽车在错综复杂的城市交通系统下安全、快速行驶的能力。冠军将获得120万美元奖金。这一比赛由美国国防部高级研究计划局赞助,旨在为研发无人驾驶技术提供候选方案。比赛已分别于2005年和2003年举办两届。  4 d: L( Y+ Q! s& K( V' H7 u

5 W2 ^) F1 t4 Q/ }  2005年比赛在加利福尼亚州莫哈韦沙漠举行,4辆无人驾驶汽车成功穿越212公里崎岖路段到达终点。冠军“斯坦尼”还被着名《连线》杂志评为“最佳智能机器人”。
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Driverless car goes on show in London
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A car driven by a hi-tech ghost of laser sensors and computers has gone on exhibit in London, before it competes against other robot cars in the United States in November.
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The Volkswagen Passat 2.0 TDI drives using two eye-like laser sensors in the front and one in the back that scan road conditions, buildings, other vehicles and pedestrians over a range of up to 200 metres.
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An on-board computer digests and acts on the information using software developed by the Hamburg, Germany-based Ibeo Automobile Sensor company, said company experts displaying the car at the Science Museum in London.
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In November, the car will compete against other driverless vehicles in the third annual US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Urban Challenge over a 60-mile course in America.
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( \) H( s7 x! p$ ?"We are competing against the world's best in terms of automobile technology," Ibeo chief executive Ulrich Lages said." r3 T: [6 Y7 Q

6 l  e9 z; o8 |$ i"Although we are a relatively small team and, unlike the big players, do not have a large budget, we believe we have a great chance at DARPA 2007," he said.
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- d; x# n$ l* K人在德国 社区"Our innovative laser technology gives us a lead of several years over our prospective rivals, especially in the field of object and environmental detection," he said.8 e9 q  b; o$ C8 s

9 i( ?8 z: U6 h. S( w* d; FChristened LUX, the refitted Volkswagen that looks exactly like a standard road model is due to go into small-scale production next year and the firm hopes that its technology can eventually be used in production cars.
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5 y7 _6 _  y/ b$ w6 J7 j" w5.35.249.64At a conference in the US city of San Francisco in February, scientists predicted robot-driven cars could be shuttling humans around by the year 2030.

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The Volkswagen Passat 2.0 TDI.

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