[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。 5.35.249.64+ R0 ?6 P/ V& D. C; N
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  ●智能汽车无人开
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5 {6 y1 N$ E! x  y" s+ _5.35.249.64  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。  " V* @1 [) k4 [- i3 A2 _( }8 o6 s
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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。”  
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% o7 `& X4 V+ A$ _  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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; k! `; b5 z# t3 G  ●前后装了“两只眼”  
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, B# B; O0 Y+ c2 S5.35.249.64  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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2 J- L6 i& W0 F: L7 ?  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。  
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; Q( u2 l, b  N3 I/ o4 e! Z/ x! T! c  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。  
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! T# h" ^4 }1 h  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。  - h( |3 |  m. O% m$ D

' Q$ U0 y" {/ @  C2 B5 O! [* [" b( u6 `  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。  
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/ N" m# g7 b$ s1 ^& H  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。  5.35.249.64$ x- O# y, k/ H/ J; U  ^& {9 `7 X  y

6 H2 T; t0 M0 h7 B  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( {' g5 r$ [) o4 x3 |; j0 a, r

( M8 I2 x/ c+ _. b, f7 ?! o8 j2 g9 sA 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.! d; D& @$ x' m+ c

! N8 Q6 c0 G/ w0 G2 aAn 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.5.35.249.64$ V1 r/ Q, p- `+ h8 L  M
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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.1 X  e2 E- P5 _' a' {( @  Q
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"We are competing against the world's best in terms of automobile technology," Ibeo chief executive Ulrich Lages said.. w4 h7 Q4 ]) {0 G% v: ~
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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.) Q+ e" I2 E1 f. G7 q; V

) X* c* K: a# b) h: z"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.) E6 p2 Z5 R' E/ ^; A7 J" H/ Q

4 ]: ]: q+ \- b4 `$ J& wChristened 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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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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