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Humans are fucking terrible at driving compared to these google cars.\n"},"link":[{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.wearobo.com\/feeds\/posts\/default"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7345557173139580883\/posts\/default\/-\/Self-driving+Car?alt=json-in-script\u0026max-results=5"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.wearobo.com\/search\/label\/Self-driving%20Car"},{"rel":"hub","href":"http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"},{"rel":"next","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7345557173139580883\/posts\/default\/-\/Self-driving+Car\/-\/Self-driving+Car?alt=json-in-script\u0026start-index=6\u0026max-results=5"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"simeon tuoyo"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-UxiOacGp1Vs\/AAAAAAAAAAI\/AAAAAAAAEm4\/dyBXvfLr5KA\/s512-c\/photo.jpg"}}],"generator":{"version":"7.00","uri":"http://www.blogger.com","$t":"Blogger"},"openSearch$totalResults":{"$t":"84"},"openSearch$startIndex":{"$t":"1"},"openSearch$itemsPerPage":{"$t":"5"},"entry":[{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345557173139580883.post-5245406956995350391"},"published":{"$t":"2015-09-29T19:54:00.000+00:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2015-09-29T19:54:45.844+00:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Self-driving Car"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"This is Uber Tesla Model S Self-Driving car"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-hLsANVXG6rA\/Vgrpe6wo7oI\/AAAAAAAAFFY\/QwgxkBqFZnI\/s1600\/Uber%2Bselfdriving%2Bcar.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"Uber self-driving car \" border=\"0\" height=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-hLsANVXG6rA\/Vgrpe6wo7oI\/AAAAAAAAFFY\/QwgxkBqFZnI\/s640\/Uber%2Bselfdriving%2Bcar.jpg\" title=\"Uber Tesla self-driving car\" width=\"390\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003EUber self-driving car was spotted by a Reddit user \u0026nbsp;by the username  \/u\/TheSeanO some days back and is a Tesla Model S.It appears the car's in traffic but whether it was driving itself at the time the guy took this picture we do not know. But he said that the Uber car stop at the stop sign and waited for his bus to pass, then it went in a straight line and stopped behind the bus when it stopped. So this is one of the 500,000 Model S Uber said it would buy if they become driverless in 2020.\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\n\u003C!-- April new ad --\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cins class=\"adsbygoogle\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5117916044412670\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-ad-slot=\"3089734149\" style=\"display: block;\"\u003E\u003C\/ins\u003E\u003Cscript\u003E\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\u003C\/script\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.wearobo.com\/feeds\/5245406956995350391\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=7345557173139580883\u0026postID=5245406956995350391","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7345557173139580883\/posts\/default\/5245406956995350391"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7345557173139580883\/posts\/default\/5245406956995350391"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.wearobo.com\/2015\/09\/this-is-uber-tesla-model-s-self-driving.html","title":"This is Uber Tesla Model S Self-Driving car"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"simeon tuoyo"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/107701985783884261659"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-UxiOacGp1Vs\/AAAAAAAAAAI\/AAAAAAAAEm4\/dyBXvfLr5KA\/s512-c\/photo.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-hLsANVXG6rA\/Vgrpe6wo7oI\/AAAAAAAAFFY\/QwgxkBqFZnI\/s72-c\/Uber%2Bselfdriving%2Bcar.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"commentSource","value":"1"},{"name":"commentModerationMode","value":"FILTERED_POSTMOD"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345557173139580883.post-6355855769176635835"},"published":{"$t":"2015-09-29T14:45:00.000+00:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2015-09-29T19:24:36.594+00:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Self-driving Car"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Apple futuristic semi autonomous Electric Vehicle coming in 2019"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-FucifdoO7xE\/Vgqg7O9i8kI\/AAAAAAAAFEo\/Nlni3Le7ihE\/s1600\/Apple%2Bfuturistic%2Belectric%2Bcar.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"364\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-FucifdoO7xE\/Vgqg7O9i8kI\/AAAAAAAAFEo\/Nlni3Le7ihE\/s640\/Apple%2Bfuturistic%2Belectric%2Bcar.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003ECupertino-based technology giant Apple Inc. will reportedly released its own futuristic electric car in the year 2019--that's exactly in four years time. And a year before Google autonomous cars \u0026nbsp;come to market.Apple Inc futuristic electric vehicle might not come with tyres;you would have to buy those yourselves.Just kidding.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe news of Apple's propose electric car comes from the \u003Ca class=\"g-profile\" href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/117720626238470886461\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E+Wall Street Journal\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;which says the US technology firm would launch the ''Apple EV'' in 2019. The Journal also revealed what we already known that the company will begin design and production of its electric vehicle under a secret project dubbed ''Project Titan'' and has increased the number of those working on the project from 600 to 1800 professionals.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe news organization also said \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.wearobo.com\/2015\/08\/tweet-of-day-i-think-i-saw-google-tesla.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EApple's electric car\u003C\/a\u003E won't be one that drives by itself(self-driving) when it hits US roads in 2019. Rather, it would come equipped with some \u0026nbsp;autonomous features--like adaptive cruise control or automatic parking--still allowing the driver to be in control at all times. Whereupon it would released a fully self-driving Apple car based on feedback it gets from its customers.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ENEXT \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.wearobo.com\/2015\/03\/so-it-is-true-after-allthis-is.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ECheck out Apple Project Titan Electric Vehicle\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003C!-- Responsive May --\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cins class=\"adsbygoogle\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5117916044412670\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-ad-slot=\"2445431344\" style=\"display: block;\"\u003E\u003C\/ins\u003E\u003Cscript\u003E(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\n\u003C!-- April new ad --\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cins class=\"adsbygoogle\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5117916044412670\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-ad-slot=\"3089734149\" style=\"display: block;\"\u003E\u003C\/ins\u003E\u003Cscript\u003E\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\u003C\/script\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.wearobo.com\/feeds\/6355855769176635835\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=7345557173139580883\u0026postID=6355855769176635835","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7345557173139580883\/posts\/default\/6355855769176635835"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7345557173139580883\/posts\/default\/6355855769176635835"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.wearobo.com\/2015\/09\/apple-futuristic-semi-autonomous.html","title":"Apple futuristic semi autonomous Electric Vehicle coming in 2019"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"simeon tuoyo"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/107701985783884261659"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-UxiOacGp1Vs\/AAAAAAAAAAI\/AAAAAAAAEm4\/dyBXvfLr5KA\/s512-c\/photo.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-FucifdoO7xE\/Vgqg7O9i8kI\/AAAAAAAAFEo\/Nlni3Le7ihE\/s72-c\/Apple%2Bfuturistic%2Belectric%2Bcar.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"commentSource","value":"1"},{"name":"commentModerationMode","value":"FILTERED_POSTMOD"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345557173139580883.post-8145999615214657675"},"published":{"$t":"2015-09-20T22:05:00.001+00:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2015-09-20T23:24:47.709+00:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Self-driving Car"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"A look at the rocket science technologies that power Google Self-Driving Cars"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-MIaTugSMLrs\/Vf8j3pRqvaI\/AAAAAAAAFC8\/p0C_2K7sL7k\/s1600\/google.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-MIaTugSMLrs\/Vf8j3pRqvaI\/AAAAAAAAFC8\/p0C_2K7sL7k\/s640\/google.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThis article was written by Aaron Yip, graduate TA for a course on self-driving cars)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Google Self-Driving Car is one of the most popular self-driving vehicles, often synonymous with self-driving car, and a great example of the some of the technologies required for autonomous navigation. To understand the technologies, we need to first understand the problems.  \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EProblem #1\u003C\/b\u003E: What is the world? This is called mapping and refers to understanding the structures of the world around you. Imagine waking up in a strange, perfectly dark room where you can turn on lights gradually to see what's inside the room.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EProblem #2\u003C\/b\u003E: Where am I? This is called localization and refers to understanding the relative location you are in the world. Imagine being blindfolded while inside your own house. You know where everything is, but you only get a better, rough approximation through slowly feeling your way around.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ERobotic navigation is like being in a strange, perfectly dark room with a blindfold on. That's a tough problem to have. And to make it even harder...  \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-U5sPforhSY4\/Vf8xGYos2hI\/AAAAAAAAFDY\/dPqGY4mOOU8\/s1600\/google%2Bprototype.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"426\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-U5sPforhSY4\/Vf8xGYos2hI\/AAAAAAAAFDY\/dPqGY4mOOU8\/s640\/google%2Bprototype.png\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cb\u003EProblem #3\u003C\/b\u003E: \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.wearobo.com\/2015\/08\/cyclist-shares-his-experience-with.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EDid I just run over someone\u003C\/a\u003E? This is an absolute no-no for self-driving cars for hopefully obvious reasons. Strangely enough, humans tend to seemingly ignore this problem all the time.   \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAs we look at the technologies, think about them in terms of how they solve the above problems. Okay, got it? Let's drive right in!  \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E1. \u003Cb\u003EThe car itself \u003C\/b\u003ESelf-driving cars are still cars, and Google's fleet has historically included Toyota Prius, Audi TT, and Lexus RX450h. Its current fleet is about two dozen Lexus SUVs outfitted with an array of hardware and software.  \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/qph.is.quoracdn.net\/main-qimg-4b6d4e676bd528299a7ee5c3c874b5cf?convert_to_webp=true\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"456\" src=\"https:\/\/qph.is.quoracdn.net\/main-qimg-4b6d4e676bd528299a7ee5c3c874b5cf?convert_to_webp=true\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ci style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: start;\"\u003Eraw output from the HDL-64E LIDAR\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cb\u003E2. Lasers! \u003C\/b\u003EVelodyne's HDL-64E is the car's famous LIDAR system, a.k.a. the whirling laser range finder mounted on top of the car. This system works as you might think, via measuring the distance of its surroundings by bouncing its 64 lasers off of objects as it spins 360 degrees. The HDL-64E reads up to 1.3 million points per second, accurate to 2cm within a radius of ~100-120 meters. This ability comes with a hefty price tag ($70,000), but the price of the eventual consumer model will be reduced in the next handful of years.  \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E3. \u003Cb\u003EPosition tracking: good ol' GPS and others\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EJust by pinging GPS satellites and triangulation of the received radio signals, we can find out where we are in the world. One example found in Google cars is the Applanix POS LV GPS navigation system. Add in standard vehicle navigation instruments like tachometers and gyroscopes (rotational measurements), altimeters (altitude), and odometers (distance traveled), and we now have a solid package. Many modern day consumer vehicles are outfitted with these gadgets already -- and that's great news. Google's self-driving car also includes an additional nifty gadget called the wheel encoder to measure lateral movement from the left rear wheel.   GPS and the other components are designed to be only accurate within a few meters, unfortunately. A few meters is a big difference. We are going to have to do much, much better. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E4. Google Maps\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003C\/b\u003EThe laser mapping, its on-board GPS, and lateral movement sensors all feed into a data bucket that gets poured into the high resolution maps Google has from its extensive mapping initiative. By high resolution, I mean detailed down to the height of the curbs and the dimensions of the lane the car is currently traveling in.   Google Maps work pretty well on your phone. Google Maps for self-driving cars works even better. We're adding another layer of mapping and map alignment, so imagine the entire map rotating to fit the raw data of your surrounding. If you can't solve mapping via just lasers, just throw one of the best map systems in the world at it.  \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/qph.is.quoracdn.net\/main-qimg-ec39ed10c8de8fc6eba804eadd7d4b13?convert_to_webp=true\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/qph.is.quoracdn.net\/main-qimg-ec39ed10c8de8fc6eba804eadd7d4b13?convert_to_webp=true\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EThe Retrofitted Lexus RX450h SUVs\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cb\u003E5. Video cameras\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EPairs of digital video cameras are mounted, slightly separated by a known distance, around the exterior of the car. The high performance stereo cameras typically have 50 degrees FOV and accuracy up to 30 meters.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026nbsp;The neat part here are the algorithms rather than the specific camera technologies -- which can vary, but Google does favor Point Grey (http:\/\/www.edmundoptics.com\/came...). A single image can only reliably offer 2D information, but two images of the same scene offset by a known distance allows depth information (distance away) to be derived. This concept is called stereo vision and aids in the mapping process.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026nbsp;Notably, one more additional camera is mounted near the rear-view mirror specifically for traffic lights, signs, and pedestrians in front of the car.  \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-lQmzt1RtgNo\/Vf8ndkMaFkI\/AAAAAAAAFDI\/wR2gRIsWzjg\/s1600\/selfdriving%2Blexus.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-lQmzt1RtgNo\/Vf8ndkMaFkI\/AAAAAAAAFDI\/wR2gRIsWzjg\/s640\/selfdriving%2Blexus.png\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E6. Echo technology: radar and sonar\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003C\/b\u003EWhile LIDAR and stereo camera help solve mapping, a set of four radar sensors attached to the front and back bumpers are used for accurately estimating distance and speed of the obstacles in real-time. Radar is a well established technology that bounces high frequency radio waves to do its object tracking, and this particular radar system is good for about 200 meters. Google likes Bosch bosch-\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/products.bosch-mobility-solutions.com\/en\/de\/_technik\/component\/CO_PC_DA_Adaptive-Cruise-Control_CO_PC_Driver-Assistance_2434.html?compId=2496\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EDriver assistance systems - Adaptive cruise control (ACC)\u003C\/a\u003E. For some car prototypes, a smaller sonar setup that echoes sound waves out 6 meters have been tested. These systems automatically apply the brakes, pre-tension seat belts for impact, or swerve to avoid obstacles.  \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAt this point the minimalist in you may be thinking: Wow, this is a lot of stuff. Some of these systems sound redundant -- radar, sonar, GPS, laser range finders, and cameras? Do we really need everything? The answer is definitely yes. Redundancy addresses unusual driving conditions like fog or snow -- when visibility for some sensors including the LIDAR or GPS\/network setups are essentially blind, and other feeds like the video cameras will spam confused inputs.  \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E7. Humans  \u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/qph.is.quoracdn.net\/main-qimg-dbd763f80392a024738dea45f2cd6c0a?convert_to_webp=true\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/qph.is.quoracdn.net\/main-qimg-dbd763f80392a024738dea45f2cd6c0a?convert_to_webp=true\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003ETo the likely chagrin of the vehicle itself, Google Self-Driving Cars still need human babysitters. Humans are overwhelmingly the highest source of accidents for Google's self-driving cars (100% as of June 2015, in over 1.8 million miles). Humans are running with some highly advanced technologies like eyes that can capture 180 degrees horizontal FOV with dynamic range and movement, biological neural networks that are some of the most complex systems in the known universe, and even handheld smart phones. Yet despite of their decades of individual training data and millions of years of evolution, humans still make silly mistakes.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026nbsp;Thankfully, autonomous mode is activated for most of the time that humans are in the car. A pair of humans are tasked with monitoring the road and normal car operations when necessary. One of the earliest modifications: Grabbing that wheel works as an \"OH SHI- oh whew, we're okay\".  \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr b=\"\" \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E8. Software algorithms  \u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/qph.is.quoracdn.net\/main-qimg-33f37f3fd1e82d2a1471309be9be2bfe?convert_to_webp=true\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"386\" src=\"https:\/\/qph.is.quoracdn.net\/main-qimg-33f37f3fd1e82d2a1471309be9be2bfe?convert_to_webp=true\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EWhat the car sees via probabilistic maps\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003EFinally the car needs to understand all of its knowledge from the gathered data sources. This is where fun algorithms come in!    We're going to throw these algorithms at the onboard processors; an example setup from the car would be two Xeon computers running Linux: a 12-core server for vision and laser algorithms while a 6-core server takes care of planning, control, and low-level communication. We're not going to go too deeply into any of the specific algorithms here, but we can mention some of the software challenges. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EUnsupervised multi-beam laser calibration\u003C\/b\u003E - we need to understand optimal extrinsic parameters from each sensor (accounting for and to calculate things like distance, pose, orientation). Think of it as standardizing the input against all of the other input sources. Turns out, for dozens of input sources, this is pretty hard.  \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMapping and localization\u003C\/b\u003E - Remember the fundamental problems we considered back at the beginning? The data from LIDAR and other sensors go into algorithms like \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Particle_filter\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EParticle filter\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kalman_filter\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EKalman filter\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Recursive_Bayesian_estimation\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ERecursive Bayesian estimation\u003C\/a\u003E, essentially iterative passes for positioning weighted based on Bayesian inference principles, to generate real-time probabilistic mappings of the car's surroundings. This may sound complicated. All you need to know is that the car definitely knows what it's doing -- probably.  \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/qph.is.quoracdn.net\/main-qimg-6c59f04317ccf1b10664b44863dbb917?convert_to_webp=true\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"384\" src=\"https:\/\/qph.is.quoracdn.net\/main-qimg-6c59f04317ccf1b10664b44863dbb917?convert_to_webp=true\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EThe functional driverless prototype\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cb\u003EObject recognition\u003C\/b\u003E - to know how to behave correctly, depending on whether the object is another vehicle, pedestrian, bicyclists, sign, traffic light, etc. Most of the objects are labeled through pre-trained, deep-learning, boosted classification models \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Boosting_methods_for_object_categorization\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EBoosting methods for object categorization \u003C\/a\u003E-- one for shape of the object and one for motion of the object -- and classified objects can be then tracked using Kalman filtering. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ETrajectory planning\u003C\/b\u003E - to deal with crazy human drivers and driving physics: merging into traffic flow, passing on-coming traffic, changing lanes, avoiding other vehicles, etc. For control\/optimization theory, we start getting into the Bellman equation for decision-making and modeling. For the moving frame analysis, we can rely on the Frenet–Serret formulas, and create lateral and longitudinal cost functionals for different tasks as well as to mimic human-like driving behavior.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cb\u003EDynamic modeling and control\u003C\/b\u003E - feeds from the previously mentioned trajectory output to control the system of the car itself. The Google car blends multiple strategies from Model predictive control, well established physically based car physics models, and PID controller for operating low-level actions like applying torque on the wheels. The planner and the control algorithms cycle to understand the motions of the world and what ought to be done next.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026nbsp;All that plus several others major algorithmic challenges like interpreting traffic signals and signs. Pretty neat stuff to explore further, right? Here's a course on Udacity by Sebastian Thrun, one of the inventors of Google's Self-Driving Car along with his Stanford team:\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.udacity.com\/course\/artificial-intelligence-for-robotics--cs373\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E Artificial Intelligence for Robotics Course\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cb\u003E9. Information\u003C\/b\u003E Lastly, the difference between Google's self-driving car project and all other similar projects is the scale of information: Google computing, its onboard processors as well as remote servers, processes up to 1GB\/sec from these sensors. Remember all of the databases\/architecture that folks like Jeff Dean and thousands of talented Googlers have developed over the years to handle petabytes of training data and maps, remote server farms dedicated to supporting some heavy processes that the car needs, optimized algorithms for data crunching, and innumerable other ideas? \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.wearobo.com\/2015\/07\/google-self-driving-car-involved-in-two.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EGood computer science is the true heart of the self-driving car\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThanks for reading! And feel free to point out corrections. :)  \u003Cscript async=\"\" src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003C!-- Responsive May --\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cins class=\"adsbygoogle\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5117916044412670\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-ad-slot=\"2445431344\" style=\"display: block;\"\u003E\u003C\/ins\u003E\u003Cscript\u003E(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\n\u003C!-- April new ad --\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cins class=\"adsbygoogle\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5117916044412670\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-ad-slot=\"3089734149\" style=\"display: block;\"\u003E\u003C\/ins\u003E\u003Cscript\u003E\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\u003C\/script\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.wearobo.com\/feeds\/8145999615214657675\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=7345557173139580883\u0026postID=8145999615214657675","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7345557173139580883\/posts\/default\/8145999615214657675"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7345557173139580883\/posts\/default\/8145999615214657675"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.wearobo.com\/2015\/09\/a-look-at-rocket-science-technologies.html","title":"A look at the rocket science technologies that power Google Self-Driving Cars"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"simeon tuoyo"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/107701985783884261659"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-UxiOacGp1Vs\/AAAAAAAAAAI\/AAAAAAAAEm4\/dyBXvfLr5KA\/s512-c\/photo.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-MIaTugSMLrs\/Vf8j3pRqvaI\/AAAAAAAAFC8\/p0C_2K7sL7k\/s72-c\/google.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"commentSource","value":"1"},{"name":"commentModerationMode","value":"FILTERED_POSTMOD"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345557173139580883.post-4012611596461294157"},"published":{"$t":"2015-09-20T06:01:00.000+00:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2015-09-20T20:51:21.576+00:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Self-driving Car"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Can you turn a regular car into a self-driving car ? Yes!"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-LmyC7seK7I0\/Vf5ANfydQsI\/AAAAAAAAFCM\/jiJ5nIzNaXE\/s1600\/google%2Bnew%2Bself.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"Modified Google Lexus RX450h self-driving car\" border=\"0\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-LmyC7seK7I0\/Vf5ANfydQsI\/AAAAAAAAFCM\/jiJ5nIzNaXE\/s640\/google%2Bnew%2Bself.jpg\" title=\"Google Lexus RX450 Selfdriving car\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003EIt appears our readers are all for self-driving cars and can't wait for them to be the norm on the road. They are tired of the poor driving habits of other roads users. So many are even thinking of bringing these cars to our roads earlier than Google, Tesla,Mercedes.Audi etc. One question they asked us the most is ''is it possible to turn my car into a self-driving car by myself?'' Now I believe you understood what I meant by they can't wait soon enough to take their hands off the steering wheel.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAnyway, we may not be an expert in self-driving cars but we can provide answers to some of your questions. In other words, we will tell you what we know. So, to answer your question,Yes! You can turn your car into a self-driving one but it will depend on the kind of regular car. You will also need some things to make it drive on its own.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-3Nbo7vvnT0I\/Vf5T2KfQtiI\/AAAAAAAAFCc\/fwKU9kN5JDY\/s1600\/audi%2Bq5.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"Delphi Automotive selfdriving Audi Q5\" border=\"0\" height=\"446\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-3Nbo7vvnT0I\/Vf5T2KfQtiI\/AAAAAAAAFCc\/fwKU9kN5JDY\/s640\/audi%2Bq5.jpg\" title=\"Delphi Q5\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003EFor example, if you own an Audi Q5 \u0026nbsp;you will need to get the LIDaR system, that laser scanner spins on atop the car as seen on the Google Lexus RX450h in the picture above, cameras, GPS navigation system,a computer to store your data,Radar as well as other sensors etc. in order to convert it into a self-driving car. I think this is exactly what Google \u0026nbsp;and automotive supplier Delphi did with their \u0026nbsp;self-driving cars, the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.wearobo.com\/2015\/09\/hyundai-john-krafcik-joins-google-self.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ELexus RX450h\u003C\/a\u003E and the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.wearobo.com\/2015\/04\/an-audi-q5-just-completed-3400-mile.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EAudi Q5\u003C\/a\u003E. The one that drove across 15 states in the United States some months back, from San Francisco to NewYork City, with no one taking control 99 percent of the driving. Remember the LIDaR system costs a whooping $70,000 alone. Wait don't close the page yet.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe software and hardware of self-driving cars are very expensive and I don't think they are available to you and I at the moment.Supposedly you did it yourself, you will need to get a license to show that it is safe to be tested on the streets. \u003Cscript async=\"\" src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003C!-- Responsive May --\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cins class=\"adsbygoogle\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5117916044412670\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-ad-slot=\"2445431344\" style=\"display: block;\"\u003E\u003C\/ins\u003E\u003Cscript\u003E(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\n\u003C!-- April new ad --\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cins class=\"adsbygoogle\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5117916044412670\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-ad-slot=\"3089734149\" style=\"display: block;\"\u003E\u003C\/ins\u003E\u003Cscript\u003E\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\u003C\/script\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.wearobo.com\/feeds\/4012611596461294157\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=7345557173139580883\u0026postID=4012611596461294157","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7345557173139580883\/posts\/default\/4012611596461294157"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7345557173139580883\/posts\/default\/4012611596461294157"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.wearobo.com\/2015\/09\/can-you-turn-regular-car-into-self.html","title":"Can you turn a regular car into a self-driving car ? Yes!"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"simeon tuoyo"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/107701985783884261659"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-UxiOacGp1Vs\/AAAAAAAAAAI\/AAAAAAAAEm4\/dyBXvfLr5KA\/s512-c\/photo.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-LmyC7seK7I0\/Vf5ANfydQsI\/AAAAAAAAFCM\/jiJ5nIzNaXE\/s72-c\/google%2Bnew%2Bself.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"commentSource","value":"1"},{"name":"commentModerationMode","value":"FILTERED_POSTMOD"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345557173139580883.post-4153420157536510878"},"published":{"$t":"2015-09-18T00:54:00.000+00:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2015-09-20T06:18:15.756+00:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Self-driving Car"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Here are the ways self-driving cars will change our world"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-S9xGd3GSS1I\/Vfs1ythxH_I\/AAAAAAAAFAg\/cTCy0cX3br4\/s1600\/crome%2Bselfd.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-S9xGd3GSS1I\/Vfs1ythxH_I\/AAAAAAAAFAg\/cTCy0cX3br4\/s640\/crome%2Bselfd.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWritten by Sam Lessin, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/wlessin.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ewlessin.com\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EPlaying it through, it seems like there are going to be three interesting stages in the deployment of self driving cars:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThey will be available for purchase as an individual, but will require a licensed driver to be sitting behind the controls and be responsible legally for the actions of the car. A small but meaningful percentage of cars will be self-driving. (Maybe in 5-10 years)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe requirements for a human \"backup\" operator \/ legally responsible operator will be loosened over time to the point that eventually you will be able to sleep in the back, shuttle around your 5 year old, be enormously intoxicated in a vehicle, etc. They will still be owned by individuals. A very large percentage of cars will be self driving in the US - or at least SF -(Maybe in 25 or 30 years)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe transportation cloud will become real... People will not own cars at all... When you need to move from point A to B you will simply request a driverless vehicle and one will appear for you ... Like Uber does today -- but the real value will come not from shuttling around people, it will be from the ability to shuttle around things \/ objects \/ tools you might need in new ways which are currently economically inefficient.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-qv_vS2W32tQ\/VftkeSs6sZI\/AAAAAAAAFAw\/wMbk_600K_8\/s1600\/selfdriing.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"People will take their hands off the wheel\" border=\"0\" height=\"344\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-qv_vS2W32tQ\/VftkeSs6sZI\/AAAAAAAAFAw\/wMbk_600K_8\/s640\/selfdriing.jpg\" title=\"hands off the wheel\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003EThinking about it - my sense is that things only really start to get interesting at all in stage #2 - but then it is really stage #3 that changes the landscape of everything (real estate, ownership, retail, etc) as efficient logistics will dramatically shrink our collective demand for most 'stuff' \/ atom based possessions... to explain:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EStage #1\u003C\/b\u003E - where cars are self driving but require a legally responsible licensed driver - is just petty boring \/ the cars are a novelty alone in most ways. You aren't going to be able to multi-task in your car any more than you can today largely because there is going to need to be legal liability setup when cars crash or injure someone -- almost certainly that will put the burden on the operator for the sake of equivalence to non-self driving cars...\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026nbsp;So, just as there are annoying blocks on in-dash GPS systems, which tell you not to use them while you are driving -- self driving cars are going to initially roll out with so many alertness checks, checks for consecutive time of driving without a brake \/ etc for the driver that it is possible they will require more mental attention to operate than traditional cars! \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EStage #2\u003C\/b\u003E gets a lot more impact on how cities are organized and how we travel long distances. The airline industry will suffer and the value of city real-estate will decline... The value of real estate outside of cities will increase as the burbs get more accessible (and more fun to live in).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/i2.cdn.turner.com\/cnnnext\/dam\/assets\/120918013718-connected-cars-wired-usdot-story-top.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.cdn.turner.com\/cnnnext\/dam\/assets\/120918013718-connected-cars-wired-usdot-story-top.jpg\" height=\"360\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003EAirlines are going to suffer because the math will tip in favor of driving most places vs. flying (e.g. LA to SF) -- the math on flying will still work for very long hauls \/ clearly intercontinental travel -- but far fewer routes than currently the airline industry supports. (side point, this also means favoring big jumbo jets on key select routes, not the micro-jet \/ regional airport model of the world).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECities are going to suffer (and suburbs \/ the boonies flourish) because commuting for work and fun will become faster and easier to manage. There will be less of a premium on living where you work or play. Also, it is quire possible that retail and bars will spread out a lot more. Right now one of the challenges of the suburbs is bars \/ drinking. It is very hard to 'go out' outside of a city with cabs -- but if the cars drive themselves FAST -- no worries! \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOn a personal level... right now you have to budget about 45 min to get from my hometown to mid-town Manhattan. That is too long \/ i wouldn't want to live there now and do that commute and therefore would prefer to live in the city; however, if it reliably took 15 min \/ which is completely possible with better traffic management, parking, etc. AND I could get things done during that time -- I would much prefer to live in Englewood NJ than Manhattan. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EStage #3\u003C\/b\u003E is where all the real fun occurs. The real implication of truly driverless vehicles is NOT hanging out in the back seat... the real impact is going to be that no one will own cars anymore at all... you will just have access to transportation capabilities when you need them -- and that is going to be a big part of remapping the whole economy. Here are some ideas:  \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003ENo more owning a car personally.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/i.telegraph.co.uk\/multimedia\/archive\/02725\/Foxall-on-finance_2725384b.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/i.telegraph.co.uk\/multimedia\/archive\/02725\/Foxall-on-finance_2725384b.jpg\" height=\"398\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003EYou will just pay for transportation instance when you need (with dynamic pricing and all that marketplace jazz)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026nbsp;You will not need a car, you will just have effectively 'uber' everywhere at very low cost and very low latency. Take 'uber' as the human-capital-heavy version of exactly this today in small pockets like SF. I would vehemently assert that if you are price insensitive- Uber is way way better than driving your own car in SF... in fact, if I only ever traveled in SF I probably would have already gotten rid of my car in preference to Uber. This is as much because SF parking is terrible, but that is still a big part of the equation.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026nbsp;The problem with Uber is of course that it only works in very high density places. Point in case, when i went to Chicago (a huge city with a lot of density, but a lot less uber-car-density) uber was a disaster... it took me 30 min to get a vehicle, etc -- would have been faster to drive -- and of course you can't really give up your car until uber has you covered truly everywhere.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EFewer cars in the world\u003C\/span\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-7rj6A4y5IJo\/Vftl2jpCJUI\/AAAAAAAAFA8\/M2OA-RavNqA\/s1600\/Screenshot_14.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"380\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-7rj6A4y5IJo\/Vftl2jpCJUI\/AAAAAAAAFA8\/M2OA-RavNqA\/s640\/Screenshot_14.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003EThe more efficient we are at allocating cars \/ keeping them occupied via #1, then the fewer total cars we need in the world. I don't know the %, but i have to assume only a very few percent of cars are being operated at any given time \/ are actually moving around. If we increase efficiency in transportation it will drive down the number of cars we need as a society in total pretty dramatically.\u0026nbsp; \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThis is actually going to be quite bad for the auto industry (not unlike how Airbnb is potentially bad for the hotel industry) -- the are going to have to shift their model dramatically to become service companies \/ either servicing fleets of cars or providing end-to-end transportation cloud rather than car manufactures that sell to all consumers. My bet is that we need as a society like 10% of the number of vehicles we currently have.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026nbsp;Also bad for the auto industry -- if you don't own a car then you care a lot less about what you 'drive'. Some fanatics at the high end I am sure will have premium car access and want cool or differentiated product -- but I bet most people will want to get from point A to B.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EParking becomes reclaimable real-estate.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAn absolutely enormous portion of US real-estate is dedicated to parking lots an garages. Once no one needs to own cars anymore and is effectively uber-ing everywhere you don't need those garages anymore. This means converting all existing garage space to more living space, parks, etc. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EPeople will live in smaller houses.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/41.media.tumblr.com\/db796dfe594376fea6d39b24bacdde56\/tumblr_nhs2fsIhYQ1rt6ee9o5_500.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/41.media.tumblr.com\/db796dfe594376fea6d39b24bacdde56\/tumblr_nhs2fsIhYQ1rt6ee9o5_500.jpg\" height=\"480\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003Einterior of Mercedes-Benz f 105 Luxury in motion concept car\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003ESelf-driving cars are probably actually more impact for their ability to drive around objects vs. drive around people. When you have truly autonomous vehicles the mini-storage market of that day is going to explode. Rather than living with all your stuff, you will likely store all the stuff you own but don't need right now outside the city \/ in a less nice place and then when you need it, just call it up and have it delivered to you from your cache. The only reason you live with all your stuff now is because it is too inefficient to go retrieve it when you need it -- but if it can come to you when summoned, that is a whole other story. You should pay to live in an awesome place, your stuff doesn't need a view.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EPeople will own fewer things\u003C\/span\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/static\/sys-images\/Guardian\/Pix\/pictures\/2015\/9\/17\/1442458169451\/6789dc01-6ff4-43fc-9eb6-c1755a091701-2060x1236.jpeg?w=620\u0026amp;q=85\u0026amp;auto=format\u0026amp;sharp=10\u0026amp;s=49af4cbc517ed33f3102a424531d80b3\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"384\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/static\/sys-images\/Guardian\/Pix\/pictures\/2015\/9\/17\/1442458169451\/6789dc01-6ff4-43fc-9eb6-c1755a091701-2060x1236.jpeg?w=620\u0026amp;q=85\u0026amp;auto=format\u0026amp;sharp=10\u0026amp;s=49af4cbc517ed33f3102a424531d80b3\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003EThis is the real kicker: you'll be able to rent everything once everything can move on its own, and we'll need less stuff as a society in general.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026nbsp;Since the beginning of the Internet people have wanted to create local collectives to share stuff. We don't all need drills, we don't all need rakes, etc -- the thought was that with communication horsepower we could share 'stuff' more efficiently \/ better and would thereby need less of it. This has worked in a few cases, but generally fails because information about who has what is only part of the equation -- you also then need to move the stuff around, and that is a huge pain in the ass!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026nbsp;That said, once the stuff can move itself with self driving cars (and probably some drones to boot)... then finally that dream of sharing opened up by the Internet will become real -- because it will be pretty damn efficient to share atoms, not just bits.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026nbsp;So, where above the idea was that we will all have storage units outside of the cities and call up things we want from our private stores when we need them \/ want them rather than living with them -- the reality is that i bet those storage warehouses will be communal \/ rental model based. Whenever we want something we will declare it and it will be delivered to us for use... and when we are done we will ship it back to the warehouse for servicing \/ storage and someone else to call up when they need it.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026nbsp;So, at stage #3 it seems highly likely to me that without massive population growth, etc. the amount of 'stuff' we will need as a society (and our attachment to stuff) will decline radically (with serious implications for the whole economy)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026nbsp;We might not get through this whole cycle fully in our lifetime. I hope we even get to #2... but #3 is going to change everything \/ be unbelievably disruptive to basically every business that sells atoms to consumers. \u003Cscript async=\"\" src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003C!-- August 2 --\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca class=\"g-profile\" href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/111118414189048552116\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E+Google Self-Driving Car Project\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ENEXT \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.wearobo.com\/2015\/05\/californians-are-ok-with-google-self.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EGoogle self-driving cars drive like your Grandma\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cins class=\"adsbygoogle\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5117916044412670\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-ad-slot=\"5698529348\" style=\"display: block;\"\u003E\u003C\/ins\u003E\u003Cscript\u003E(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\n\u003C!-- April new ad --\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cins class=\"adsbygoogle\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5117916044412670\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-ad-slot=\"3089734149\" style=\"display: block;\"\u003E\u003C\/ins\u003E\u003Cscript\u003E\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\u003C\/script\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.wearobo.com\/feeds\/4153420157536510878\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=7345557173139580883\u0026postID=4153420157536510878","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7345557173139580883\/posts\/default\/4153420157536510878"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7345557173139580883\/posts\/default\/4153420157536510878"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.wearobo.com\/2015\/09\/here-are-ways-self-driving-cars-will.html","title":"Here are the ways self-driving cars will change our world"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"simeon tuoyo"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/107701985783884261659"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-UxiOacGp1Vs\/AAAAAAAAAAI\/AAAAAAAAEm4\/dyBXvfLr5KA\/s512-c\/photo.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-S9xGd3GSS1I\/Vfs1ythxH_I\/AAAAAAAAFAg\/cTCy0cX3br4\/s72-c\/crome%2Bselfd.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"commentSource","value":"1"},{"name":"commentModerationMode","value":"FILTERED_POSTMOD"}]}]}});