- `" C. u5 ~6 c5 w 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。” * X4 i: A" w1 |7 R3 B
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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。 5 u5 u. U- T. V% b" U2 y" |* N+ L# w& A6 w: a; G" K
●前后装了“两只眼” " f, ^- W6 y# ^/ C; M3 g* S. P' z 0 K: I+ A- _- U2 m8 D1 A4 Q- |5 t! d" f 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。 ~( O* A. ~) J0 v( h# w$ y
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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。 5 G2 i7 F. L0 ~9 ]) e' p: V
+ c( I# P- u4 e! W0 P) ` 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。 1 q. m2 ^) k1 K2 J' [ 7 _- g4 m4 n7 |* R2 ]$ I 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。 7 b* T; I. e3 x- t! w * \1 N" n! j/ ?# l* Y. T2 N 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。 , r8 [/ u# E' |# `% I1 c0 `: ]: B" @ + @8 s$ r- o$ k5 t1 D 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 m0 H& t% ?# I7 k2 D( B3 Z3 v0 {' \( G3 Y
●接受都市挑战 6 a' M. Q* o/ @+ E ; O( ~2 m5 e1 f' D; a1 @ 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。 6 G0 J7 s$ @3 J, w* H* A( d
3 X& X1 x6 y; V 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。 , p5 W0 Z/ a. s/ u; u7 i
% X1 [; E. S1 D$ L! j& ^5 w5 Y+ I 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”。 ( o4 `; G1 m3 O2 i: K4 N) a % [4 h/ H& H5 p1 K! M; d' _% l 8 C5 ^7 q" R( X% t2 ^Driverless car goes on show in London E. E9 w# K: x0 S. v) l
1 s% R6 |# s$ c1 CA 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. * O. o) I" r5 P5 `, Q- {5 G+ h/ c- |. \ G1 a
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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.0 Z. c8 h6 x& @8 `2 F
7 R) [$ C" Z+ V/ {, E9 N# pIn 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.* F' p M. m! N# p) [/ u7 W
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"We are competing against the world's best in terms of automobile technology," Ibeo chief executive Ulrich Lages said. 3 U4 N3 S! _. L, ^+ }% w u4 H+ g" m8 t8 v3 P3 c"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. . g1 l8 h' v7 F6 @8 N6 E0 {/ J1 R$ C , a$ Z; }: K' T( @6 Y# r2 C"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. 0 v* O7 H+ T5 T. K" Z+ ? # l' m- K; t5 j- h! ~9 z& 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. " P. L: x. d& f Q- E# E* F1 m9 d& n* S
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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