GOOGLE SELF DRIVING

CAR
TECHNOLOGY
PRESENTED BY :
AKHIL SAJU
S5 CT
ROLL NO. - 09
INTRODUCTION
• D.L Hendricks for National Highway traffic Safety
Association
• To determine the specific driver behaviours
• Out of 723 crashes investigated, driver behavioural error
caused or contributed 99% (717) to the crash. They are

• DRIVER INATTENTION - 22.7%,

• VEHICLE SPEED - 18.7%,
• ALCOHOL IMPAIRMENT - 18.2%,
• PERCEPTUAL ERRORS (e.g. looked, but didn’t see) - 15.1%,
• DECISION ERRORS (e.g. turned with obstructed view) -
10.1%,
• INCAPACITATION (e.g. fell asleep) - 6.4%.
INTRODUCTION (CONTD..)

•GOOGLE SELF DRIVING CAR

•project by Google - involves developing technology
for autonomous cars.
•Software powering Google's cars - Google Chauffeur.
•currently led by Google engineer Sebastian Thrun.
•Thrun's team at Stanford created the robotic
vehicle Stanley which won the 2005 DARPA Grand
Challenge and its US$2 million prize from the United
States Department of Defense .
 WHAT KIND OF CARS HAS
GOOGLE BEEN USING?

Toyota Prius Audi TT

Google Car

Lexus RX 450h
WHAT ARE THE PARTS?

• LIDAR
• Video Camera
• Position Estimator
• RADAR
WHAT DOES THE CAR LOOK
LIKE?
LIDAR

• also written LIDAR, LiDAR or LADAR
• remote sensing technology that measures
distance by illuminating a target with a laser
and analysing the reflected light.
• Lidar
is popularly used as a technology to
make high-resolution maps.
 HOW TO OPERATE SELF DRIVING
CAR?
• The “driver” sets a destination. The car’s software
calculates a route and starts the car on its way.
• A rotating, roof-mounted LIDAR (Light Detection and
Ranging - a technology similar to radar ) sensor monitors a
60-meter range around the car and creates a dynamic 3-
D map of the car’s current environment.
• A sensor on the left rear wheel monitors sideways
movement to detect the car’s position relative to the 3-D
map.
• Radar systems in the front and rear bumpers calculate
distances to obstacles.
HOW TO OPERATE SELF DRIVING
CAR?
• Artificial intelligence (AI) software in the car is connected
to all the sensors and has input from Google Street View
and video cameras inside the car.
• The AI simulates human perceptual and decision-making
processes and controls actions in driver-control systems
such as steering and brakes.
• The car’s software consults Google Maps for advance
notice of things like landmarks and traffic signs and
lights.
• An override function is available to allow a human to take
control of the vehicle.
ARE THEY BETTER THAN
REGULAR CARS?
• React faster than humans
• 360 degree perception
• Cannot get distracted, sleepy, or intoxicated
• Actively engage the driver (announcements like
“approaching a crosswalk” or “turn ahead”)
• Driver could regain power by hitting a red button
(override) on dashboard, touching the break, or
turning the steering wheel
WHERE IT HAS BEEN
LEGALISED?

• Legal to use an autonomous car on public roads

 ROAD TESTING

• Google's vehicles have traversed 

• San Francisco's Lombard Street through city
traffic.
• over the Golden Gate Bridge and around Lake
Tahoe.
• The system drives at the speed limit it has
stored on its maps and maintains its distance
from other vehicles using its system of sensors.
• 4,82,803 kms - just 2 accidents – minor intensity
IS IT WORTH IT?

ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES

• Safer for more people

• Expensive
• More efficient
• 3 safety issues
• Allows more people to commute
APPLICATIONS

• Logistics
• Military Applications
• For use of Physically challenged persons
• Public Services
• Research
FORECASTS

• IEEE - predicts up to 75% of vehicles will be

autonomous in 2040
• Ford CEO - expects fully autonomous cars by 2020
• Jaguar and Land-Rover - to provide fully
autonomous cars by 2024 says Director of Research
and Technology
• Nissan’s CEO - Driverless cars coming to
showrooms by 2020
REFERENCE

• Hickey, Megan. "Self-driving Cars Aren't Too Far off."

USA Today. Gannett, 10 Apr. 2013. Web. 13 Apr. 2013.
<http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2013/04/10
/self-driving-cars/2071607/>.
• www.wikipedia.com
• www.google.com