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Cigar
12-14-2016, 09:23 AM
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Uber’s self-driving cars are making the move to San Francisco, in a new expansion of its pilot project with autonomous vehicles that will see Volvo SUVs outfitted with sensors and supercomputers begin picking up passengers in the city.

The autonomous cars won’t operate completely driverless, for the time being – as in Pittsburgh, where Uber launched self-driving Ford Focus vehicles this fall, each SUV will have a safety driver and Uber test engineer onboard to handle manual driving when needed and monitor progress with the tests. But the cars will still be picking up ordinary passengers – any customers who request uberX using the standard consumer-facing mobile app are eligible for a ride in one of the new XC90s operated by Uber’s Advanced Technologies Group (ATG).

There’s a difference here beyond the geography; this is the third generation of Uber’s autonomous vehicle, which is distinct from the second-generation Fords that were used in the Pittsburgh pilot. Uber has a more direct relationship with Volvo in turning its new XC90s into cars with autonomous capabilities; the Fords were essentially purchased stock off the line, while Uber’s partnership with Volvo means it can do more in terms of integrating its own sensor array into the ones available on board the vehicle already.

Uber ATG Head of Product Matt Sweeney told me in an interview that this third-generation vehicle actually uses fewer sensors than the Fords that are on the roads in Pittsburgh, though the loadout still includes a full complement of traditional optical cameras, radar, LiDAR and ultrasonic detectors. He said that fewer sensors are required in part because of the lessons learned from the Pittsburgh rollout, and from their work studying previous generation vehicles; with autonomy, you typically start by throwing everything you can think of at the problem, and then you narrow based on what’s specifically useful, and what turns out not to be so necessary. Still, the fused image of the world that results from data gathered from the Volvo’s sensor suite does not lack for detail.

https://techcrunch.com/2016/12/14/ubers-self-driving-cars-start-picking-up-passengers-in-san-francisco/



Will President Trump stand up for Taxi Drivers :laugh: and place Tariffs on Uber for all the displaced Jobs?

stjames1_53
12-14-2016, 09:43 AM
dang Cigar, you're without a job......of course, Obama said you didn't need to work anymore since he was in office

http://heritageaction.com/2014/02/obama-administration-obamacare-means-people-can-pursue-their-dreams-not-work/

Cigar
12-14-2016, 09:44 AM
5 more Years :grin:

Newpublius
12-14-2016, 09:47 AM
If driverless cars become the norm, the changes will be far reaching. Commutable distance increases, the propensity to drive overnight to a vacation destination versus taking an airplane increases. And naturally the tens of thousands of people dying on our highways......let's hope we can keep those future people involved in fatal accidents alive.

DGUtley
12-14-2016, 09:49 AM
OMO, what are us control freaks going to do. Letting the computer drive while I read rather than monitor ever inch? Yeah.... I don't see that happening....

stjames1_53
12-14-2016, 09:49 AM
If driverless cars become the norm, the changes will be far reaching. Commutable distance increases, the propensity to drive overnight to a vacation destination versus taking an airplane increases. And naturally the tens of thousands of people dying on our highways......let's hope we can keep those future people involved in fatal accidents alive.
it'll sure take a bite out of tickets...................
You cannot make the world safe.......that's cradle to grave tactics and a damned lie

Newpublius
12-14-2016, 10:52 AM
it'll sure take a bite out of tickets...................
You cannot make the world safe.......that's cradle to grave tactics and a damned lie

You can make it safeR and sometimes much more so, generally in any process the human equation is naturally prone to error. Same with driving.

Common Sense
12-14-2016, 10:56 AM
Driving has become safer and safer over the years.

I see this being a great thing for alleviating traffic jams on highways, but I also want to drive.

Beevee
12-14-2016, 10:56 AM
Once implimented worldwide nature will have to find another way to extract 1.3 million from this planet

Don
12-14-2016, 12:58 PM
Once all the testing is done and it becomes routine people will adjust to it as they always adjust to new technology. Within a decade of having them and getting virtually all the bugs worked out people will wonder how we ever did it the "old fashioned" way. Traffic will actually be better and commuting will actually be faster. The cars will use less fuel just because people won't be driving them. When we upgrade traffic control system like stop lights with "smart" equipment traffic will flow even better and less fuel will be used. All of this will help with air pollution. People will love the extra time they have reading or sleeping or doing all the things that distract them while driving. Stress levels will fall dramatically and people will arrive home or at their destination in a much better mood. Old people will no longer be a danger and they will be able to keep their independence much longer. Blind people will be able to freely travel.

Don
12-14-2016, 03:03 PM
Another advantage to automated vehicles is not having people driving tired or drunk or high. Get loaded at the bar? No problem! Want to smoke your doobies in Colorado? No problem! You can even enjoy all the pretty lights or scenery. :shocked:
Forgot you took your medication? No problem.