[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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' e" \6 q- r/ x6 F* b5.35.249.64  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。  4 s2 F3 i/ h: O4 r) z

3 d: I- v9 }3 _3 K) [9 c& L7 Y5 c  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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  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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  ●前后装了“两只眼”  7 E+ D: A/ h4 D& }/ s% D" Z
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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。  $ B7 k) ?+ a9 \8 }: b

0 y! y. ^- k( |5 b! y* K, C8 S  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。  , |2 k" v9 e9 d0 t8 h
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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。  9 m: i1 ?9 _+ j& E, t# w5 M
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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。  0 Z) ], H# H9 }* h* c; E

* \+ ^2 ~" \8 T9 R+ J  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。  ) O* Q( D  U3 [1 F
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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。  5.35.249.643 j- A+ n' k" B" P  ^9 a

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, }0 v! ~$ Y$ ?% v" H6 D4 }( ?  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。  ! y! q. ?/ d4 ^

5 D0 ~+ q6 S) O0 ?  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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  X: T8 v; {4 ?8 g5 v) m  t( Z$ J7 {  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+ r  T" _+ o% s8 ?$ i/ @0 @  C
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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.8 |* A# d7 s& c  V& o) N( t5 S1 K' u

( i7 l  K2 E9 j" h1 G% Q  ]5.35.249.64The 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.5 ?* d9 b6 g  C. g1 w3 n6 \

8 h1 c7 l- {3 ]( YAn 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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- m- g8 ^% k$ C7 E"We are competing against the world's best in terms of automobile technology," Ibeo chief executive Ulrich Lages said.人在德国 社区8 {- i# M3 w; r3 i
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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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"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.( y. X# g' l# ~2 u/ K0 i, ?
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Christened 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.+ q- s7 f" @, q( X( a, C
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At 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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