Dovezot autopilot: how new technologies are changing our world

The car, which is itself speeding on highway luxury today is not a dream but a reality! The appearance of a flying taxi, as in "Fifth Element", is also not far away. We understand which technologies are the future of the automobile have already been implemented.

unmanned car

Cars with autonomous control often found in movies and popular culture in general. But today this is not the plot of a work of art, and our reality: In recent years, a significant breakthrough in this field. Data from the sensors become precise enough to detail the car was able to "see" the world around us, and the computing power is now enough for a quick analysis of these data. Modern UAVs are able to determine their position in the space with centimeter precision, fast recognize objects around, to predict their behavior in the following seconds, and plan your route, taking into account this information.

Capabilities

Companies working on the technology of autonomous control, has traveled millions of kilometers in an unmanned mode. Waymo and "Yandex" has even carried out test launches of unmanned taxi services in several cities. So far, while riding through the city in these machines is always an engineer who controls the movement.

So far, the participants in this market have not come to a consensus as to when the road on the planet will be able to go completely unmanned machines. According to the service of unmanned vehicles developers "Yandex" in three to five years, the technology can be quite perfect, so it was used in large quantities in large cities. In the same time American designers I believe that one should not expect it before 2030. But Elon Musk promises already in 2020 the appearance of the first million robotaksi Tesla.

The massive use of unmanned cargo transportation in the near future is realistic: Riding on the highway is still much easier to move on difficult urban routes. So,, UPS already it uses autonomous trucks - though accompanied by two experts - to transport parcels between depots of the company within the state of Arizona.

In the future, drones can replace public transport. This is the simplest task: fixed route, stopping known. In several cities ChinaAs well as Sweden and Switzerland unmanned buses successfully tested and already carry passengers - along with the traditional forms of public transport.

Important advantages of UAVs - saving the driver time (after all, instead of the road, you can focus on more important things!) And cheaper transportation. And in the future, where there will be only such robotic cars, it will help to exploit more efficiently the road: after threading machines can be managed centrally.

Connected cars

Every year the modern machines are getting smarter. We can already control some functions of the car by voice, calculate the most comfortable route without traffic jams and repair work, as well as to remotely pay for refills. For machines connected to the web has a separate term - connected cars.

Capabilities

These vehicles can exchange information with other vehicles, keep in touch with home and office, read the information on road infrastructure. On board there is an Internet, and the driver can be notified about traffic jams, information about accidents, but also the weather forecast in real time and much more.

These communication possibilities became a reality thanks to the use of such technologies:

• V2V (Vehicle-to-Vehicle) enables communication between machines - you can learn about the speed, direction and location of vehicles on the road.
• V2I (Vehicle-to-Infrastructure) supports communication vehicle with the surrounding infrastructure.

Russia's decision - "Yandex. Auto»

In early 2019, went on sale on-board computers "Yandex. Auto. " This complete system "hardware + software" with the service "Yandex" on the board that connect a car to the Internet and establishing communication. In fact, this device, which transforms even the inexpensive machines to connected cars.

"Yandex. Auto "exists in three formats:

• The platform, which is placed on the head unit on the assembly line in new cars. For example, it offered new Geely Atlas, Nissan X-Trail, Renault Kaptur Play, Toyota Camry, Nissan Qashqai. You can test the platform karsheringe "Yandex. Drive". Smart on-board computer installed in almost all machines.
• On-board computer, which is purchased separately and connect an existing car to the Internet. On popular models (Hyundai, Kia, Lada, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Renault, Skoda, Toyota, Volkswagen) the system can be replaced by native hed-unit. In this case, "Yandex. Auto "- this is the on-board computer, rather than an add-kind CarPlay or Android Auto. It works without a smartphone, and integrates with the car systems. Thus, to communicate with "Alice" used car speakers and microphones, and call it by pressing the steering button. A current list of supported vehicles - hereAnd he is actively expanding.
• Projected decision "Yandex. Auto, "which displays a browser on your smartphone to a car head unit screen using a cable connection. Now the decision is supported in Renault Arkana and cars JLR.

The base board computer - 4-core chipset Allwinner T3 1.2 GHz, which is attached to 2 GB and 16 GB internal memory. On-board computer supports connecting over Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, as well as 3G and 4G-network via modem. It works with GPS and GLONASS, as well as catches FM-radio. There AUX connectors for speakers and USB flash drives, and for recharging gadgets. A slot for microSD-cards can increase the amount of memory.

Capabilities

In "Yandex. Auto "is already integrated into the basic services of the company" Navigator "," Music "," Browser "and" Weather ". There is also support virtual assistant "Alice" - it is responsible for voice control of onboard computer. And knows how to read the news, play games, such as "Cities" and "I believe - I do not believe," voicing the weather forecast and the level of congestion, advise places to visit.

For the user, are available through scripts: you can build a route on your phone at home, and then the system will spread it on the screen of the onboard computer. And the app "Navigator" on your phone will tell you where the car is parked.

Navigation

Navigator - one of the most important functions for the driver "Yandex. Auto. " The map is displayed on a large screen of the car, and the system keeps track of traffic jams in real time and reconstructs the routes that you got faster. And yet warns of radar and speed limits, and remembers where you parked the car. Build path in the navigator can be voice - and therefore do not need to be distracted and take your hands off the steering wheel. Say, "Let's go home!" - and he will create a route navigator.

Voice control is one of the key functions of "Yandex. Auto ", which the developers propose to use the on-board computer drivers. This makes it possible, without being distracted from the road, set or change the route, switch the track or radio station to find out about the weather for tomorrow to ask something from "Alice". Ask her a question: "Alice, what you can do?" - and she will talk about the possibilities. And they are not limited to using a navigation system: If you are bored in traffic, "Alice" can play with you in the city and even tell what the weather is now.

And even with this on-board computer can be remotely pay for fuel on city gas stations. Simply select the column directly on the screen and click "Pay".

Additional functions

For on-board computer is connected rear view camera, if it is out of the box car. When you include a reverse gear, the screen "Yandex. Auto "automatically displays a picture with the camera.

With this device, you can log into your account at "Yandex" and listen to tracks from your own music library in the "Yandex. Music. " Supported and playback from a USB drive (formats WMA, AAC, MP3), as well as radio and podcasts.

On "Yandex. Auto "car ceases to be simply a means of transportation. It becomes rather a full-fledged gadget that connects to the internet and assumes the functions of the driver, making himself a machine control process more comfortable.

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