Self-driving cars aren’t exactly a good
thing on the road. For one, it can cause life-threatening accidents not only to
the driver but to the passengers and other people on the road as well. However,
Google, with its ever-pioneering nature, started using self-driving golf carts
within their property nearly two years, when they posted on their blog that
several of their cars have already crossed the 140,000-mile mark.
The World Health Organization reports that
automobile accidents take around 1.2 million lives all the time and Google aims
to cut this figure by half – with self-driving golf carts. Last year, Google co-founder
Sergey Brin reported that their golf carts have now been driven for over 1,000
miles without the need for driver intervention.
Today, employees can request the autonomous
golf carts over the Internet and the cars arrive at the scheduled time, leaving
the garage to pick up their passengers at the designated time and place. While
on the road, passengers can focus on other things, such as their work, but they
can also choose to drive the vehicle themselves. Upon arrival, the cars depart
the location and passengers never have to worry a thing or two about tips and
valets.
The technology behind Google’s autonomous
golf carts is a combination of GPS, radars, sensors, and wheel encoders for the
most accurate location. GPS technology alone can be off the mark for a few
meters and so Google equipped its Priuses with a 64-beam laser to create a 3D
digital blueprint of their environment. This results to detailed mapping data
that can even display pedestrian-heavy areas and stationary objects on the
road.
Of course, suffice it to say, Google
protects its investments with high-quality golf
cart covers. These autonomous golf carts are not cheap and covering it a golf
cart cover is the wisest and most practical thing to do. Even Google can
prove that.
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