With the automotive industry focussed on vehicle safety and the development of autonomous cars, human drivers are now being scrutinised, notably elderly drivers in Japan where the government are planning to impose a requirement that over-65s must drive vehicles which are fitted with automatic emergency braking (AEB).
To keep pace with other countries at the forefront of AV development and to fully explore the opportunity that ICVs (Intelligent Connected Vehicles) present for the country’s industry, China has recently created national guidelines for the evaluation and testing of self-driving cars.
Even with a big increase in the fitment of ADAS (Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems) in recent years, U.S. pedestrian deaths are approaching an all-time high, having increased by 35% over the previous 10 years.
All of
our steering robots have an angular encoder built in; a feedback device that
reports back to the control system what angle the steering robot is at.