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It"s been a controversial few months for the self-driving car. Several high-profile incidents involving the Tesla Autopilot system, and the fatal collision in March 2018 between an autonomous Uber prototype and a pedestrian, have put the spotlight on the readiness of guardian angel tech, and how or if companies can guarantee it"s foolproof. Nissan"s best effort is currently the ProPilot system available in the new Leaf EV. The company says it will have an eyes-off" autonomous-capable car ready by 2022, and is currently working feverishly on testing in California. Top Gear caught up with Dr. Maarten Sierhuis, Nissan"s Chief Technology Director and a man with 12 years experience at NASA, where he created a computer language for all communication between Mission Control and the International Space Station. He"s a world authority on making complex machines communicate with one another, and with humans. Luckily, he"s also able to translate that giant intellect into terms we can follow. Phew. So, we sat down with Maarten to ask about the thorny issues currently swirling around the self-driving car dream. He began by explaining that geographically, the systems will need boundaries" programmed in, so it only unlocks self-driving capability in districts, states or countries where eyes-off operation is legal.
Date written: 30 May 2018
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 12025
It"s been a controversial few months for the self-driving car. Several high-profile incidents involving the Tesla Autopilot system, and the fatal collision in March 2018 between an autonomous Uber prototype and a pedestrian, have put the spotlight on the readiness of guardian angel tech, and how or if companies can guarantee it"s foolproof. Nissan"s best effort is currently the ProPilot system available in the new Leaf EV. The company says it will have an eyes-off" autonomous-capable car ready by 2022, and is currently working feverishly on testing in California. Top Gear caught up with Dr. Maarten Sierhuis, Nissan"s Chief Technology Director and a man with 12 years experience at NASA, where he created a computer language for all communication between Mission Control and the International Space Station. He"s a world authority on making complex machines communicate with one another, and with humans. Luckily, he"s also able to translate that giant intellect into terms we can follow. Phew. So, we sat down with Maarten to ask about the thorny issues currently swirling around the self-driving car dream. He began by explaining that geographically, the systems will need boundaries" programmed in, so it only unlocks self-driving capability in districts, states or countries where eyes-off operation is legal.
Date written: 30 May 2018
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 12025
