[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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  ●智能汽车无人开 人在德国 社区# J; p( P7 f4 t  n/ `  \+ J

/ E1 D1 d* D7 G$ e  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。  
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: `8 X. s$ Q% S2 e# M& @. C7 G  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。”  
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, I" _9 }! B- C( w" i  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。  
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2 \2 h. O  E% A- _& m2 O* p  ●前后装了“两只眼”  人在德国 社区" S% w8 A# P6 g2 O# m# p
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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。  人在德国 社区. o2 F: s4 P8 ~$ S2 U- ~4 D7 P0 W2 v
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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。  人在德国 社区: r7 X' o* x# p

2 w; V/ j5 O5 O, ]  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。  & H( _/ R( v5 t- g

9 E5 F2 K& u( l  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。  2 a; v9 ?# L% v$ D* e& r

! m- p/ A5 V. M5.35.249.64  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。  
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  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。  5.35.249.645 Y7 R3 v5 W9 |$ y! |, `
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  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。  
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# R: {, n- H0 D( U7 {  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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4 X2 m- t# ?' ?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.' D1 s; v) S+ l2 a

2 W& Z4 J, A" S8 K5 z1 o人在德国 社区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.+ H6 F, v9 U. q7 O

4 K& e+ P; U. M4 P( aIn 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.# T8 Y$ Y; g- H; x0 O% O
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"We are competing against the world's best in terms of automobile technology," Ibeo chief executive Ulrich Lages said.5 b* X3 g8 V6 `& x
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"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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0 ~& i# p7 i; k/ ^1 d"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.4 [4 R3 B. b9 J2 G" r: W2 z

4 F. m4 ~/ E# z3 i* Q( b* e5 m5.35.249.64Christened 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.人在德国 社区! m; N( Q7 i% N

6 S' g: C5 t6 T: t. x2 FAt 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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