Robot intelligence against bikers: Why the Google car is afraid of bicycles

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Robot intelligence against bikers

Why the Google car is afraid of bicycles

Robot intelligence against bikers: Why the Google car is afraid of bicycles-bicycles

DPA / Andrei Sokolow A self-propelled car with technology from Google.

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Google‘s robot cars produced only smaller incidents in their test drives – a receipt for how safe autonomous can be driving. A cyclist from the USA, however, had an experience that can be smiled.

The autonomous driving is the future. One of the pioneers is Google – the search engine gigant already tests numerous vehicles in practice that drive fully automatically. So far, these tests have only tiny incidents. But 100% mature seems to be the artificial intelligence of the cars.

Bicycle against Google Car

A cyclist in the US reports namely from a whimsical event, which is currently being picked up by many media. He and the Lexus SUV of Google had at the same time at a crossroads, describes the cyclist in a bicycle forum. And at a crossroads with "4-way stop signs".

There are no traffic lights available in the US and Canada in the US and Canada, but stop signs on all four streets. The one who first reaches the intersection may also go first. Even with four cars at the same time this usually works pretty smoothly.

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Lightweight Wackler confuses the car

"The Google car reaches the intersection the fraction of a second in front of me, so it had the right of way", Describes the cyclist. The car drove, but stopped again. The probable explanation that the Radler has for this: He just performed one with his bike "Track". That is, with minimal movements to the front and rear of the pedals, the balance held, without descending – and, too, without ruling away.

The electronics of the car but was "Track" apparently so irritated that it stopped immediately. "This dance went on about two minutes so on, and the car did not even reach the middle of the intersection", Describes the cyclist – because it always stopped abruptly as soon as the biker had to shift easily his weight again and his wheel slipped a few millimeters forwards. Google cars are known to behave in doubt rather overcommon.

"We wish such feedback"

"The funny thing is that I felt safer in dealing with this automated car than with one that is controlled by humans", so the conclusion of the cyclist in the forum. In the "Washington Post" said a Google spokeswoman about the apparently authentic incident, this is "A good example of the feedback you want from the community", To further refine the software of its vehicles.

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  1. Firmware update
    This overhead view is absolutely commendable. Unfortunately, there are far too many drivers whose firmware does not update with regard to an implementation of over-pretence …

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