原始文章:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2015-05-14/this-is-how-a-driverless-truck-works
1. 由戴姆勒生產的無人駕駛卡車(Level
3)在內華達州己經可以合法上路.
2. 由於卡車司機的開車時數較長, 比起一般行駛於市區內的汽車, 其較會行經車流量較少的路途, 更適合發展無人駕駛的技術.
3. 發展此技術的旗下品牌Freightliner,
利用的是己經成熟的GPS, Radar, 及Video Camera, 如果需要人為操作, 它提供20秒的緩衝時間.
4. 美國目前一年大約有三百萬車次的卡車, 載貨量超過92億噸, 無人駕駛卡車可減少卡車司機的負擔.
延伸閱讀 :
Daimler AG : 根據銷量，戴姆勒是世界第十三大汽車製造商和第二大卡車製造商, 旗下的品牌有: Mercedes-Benz, Mercedes-AMG, Smart
Automobile, Freightliner, Western Star, Thomas Built Buses, Setra, BharatBenz,
Mitsubishi Fuso, MV Agusta. 同時持有股份的公司有: Denza, KAMAZ, Beijing Automotive Group, Tesla Motors, and
Renault-Nissan Alliance.
無人駕駛汽車 :
In the United States, the National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has proposed a formal classification
system:
Level 0: The driver completely controls the
vehicle at all times.
Level 1: Individual vehicle controls are
automated, such as electronic stability control or automatic braking.
Level 2: At least two controls can be
automated in unison, such as adaptive cruise control in combination with lane
keeping.
Level 3: The driver can fully cede control
of all safety-critical functions in certain conditions. The car senses when
conditions require the driver to retake control and provides a
"sufficiently comfortable transition time" for the driver to do so.
Level 4: The vehicle performs all
safety-critical functions for the entire trip, with the driver not expected to
control the vehicle at any time. As this vehicle would control all functions
from start to stop, including all parking functions, it could include
unoccupied cars.
