Where is my self-driving car
We were promised self-driving cars by now, but they still seem very far from reality. Why is that. Is it impossible to do, is there some technological barrier that has not been solved?
Self-driving/autonomous vehicles actually are in service, some places. Still, we are very far from being able to buy and operate a completely autonomous car, to be driven on any public road, unrestricted.
There are reasons for that, and those reasons has to do with control technology. Partially.
It is possible to solve. Appropriate legislation needs to be in place, with requirements for approval. Then we will be able to buy it and use a self-driving car. Go somewhere, then send it back home perhaps, no need for parking. Then have it come and pick us up, when we want to go back home. Perhaps you have some medical condition, that prevents you from driving. No problem, you now have full mobility. No drivers license, not a problem. Delivery, taxi, transport of goods, no driver needed. Transport will become so much more efficient.
Current implementations seems to be quite lacking in performance, with flaws that prevents us from trusting the computer-driver. Systems in trial are typically restricted to some limited roads and geographical area, which limit probability of unexpected situations not tested or accounted for.
Part of the problem is that they are stochastic systems. Both in relation to the environment they operate within, and also the control structure in itself. This makes it difficult to test for all possible combination of events, that the system must be able to handle.
A structure must be established, where the car and the self-driving are separated. So that it is possible to buy self-drive software from one company, and a car from a car manufacturer. They do not need to be the same.
So where are we now?
Making real progress, I say. Unfortunately, I am not part of it. Or any of the software I made, that I know off.
Just wasted too much time watching this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kcq0tjmvGOs
Curious to see what objections they have, I instead found more of a doomsday propaganda video, could easily be aired on the Norwegian state-owned channel. When I read the comments, it seems there are many others who also find the video questionable.
When the conclusion is that no cars is the solution to a safe and better world, it shows the real problem with implementation. It is not technical.
And this sensor nonsense. When I drive a car, I have 2 eyes that can not see well in the dark.