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。 : \8 p' Q& d; M. `! G$ H4 @5 I1 K* x2 f: u2 u
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2 Y- \" c/ ~4 n% I 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。 ) ]' T/ `6 W. [. A6 ?% H8 }- ~- b ) K T4 ~) W, Q- ~9 F1 s ●接受都市挑战 3 q D- S! R6 _% V* X4 @9 R& s& ^8 D* _1 U' i" G+ _
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。 , N& c3 }" M5 c5 I. l6 q+ C1 G* F) n0 k/ Z1 }% ~0 n; m
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。 8 T4 @% [5 Q' n% F; ]$ K+ D4 M8 A. f, f
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”。 0 K. H5 d' [; k! D , Z9 O# Y! @3 O* ?) t, z * m* l6 p# r7 k: N3 \; K' SDriverless car goes on show in London $ C4 ]( F% g) ~" ^; S( b* m/ @3 w. X1 e/ m7 h
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. $ e0 m z' O7 F: Z/ h2 @8 ]' q- M7 C3 M
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.9 P8 D+ ]5 t8 P& M' u% _
I* A; s$ @: @% eAn 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. 3 z+ D. \/ w5 ] * D! T( w5 S" m1 V/ u( k9 VIn 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.. g, I% z' ~* s+ H0 g% H0 J
( {, Q: p$ V2 ?1 p4 D8 M"We are competing against the world's best in terms of automobile technology," Ibeo chief executive Ulrich Lages said.1 V2 J: C* g, ]* \, a
4 z; _; w8 c8 t+ j* {( i9 \" k"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. " L; @5 {. H9 v8 i+ @0 Z: s. t! b. U+ V$ {- {6 Z( 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. X8 `+ x2 I0 n* i: F9 W4 Z0 C7 c
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., A, V5 @) u9 v6 g! f$ ^+ A
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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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