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Title: Point of View: The Brave New World of Driverless Cars: The Need for Interdisciplinary Research and Workforce Development
Accession Number: 01635061
Record Type: Component
Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: Two recent fatalities of drivers of Tesla vehicles highlight the complexities and frailties of semiautonomous automobile systems. In this Point of View, the author, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Duke University, looks at the lack of a process for testing and certification of driverless car technology. Sensors and postprocessing difficulties are sited as an area where an industrywide consensus is lacking on how to test to guarantee some level of safety. While the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has recently released a 15-point plan for states to follow in assessing whether driverless car technology is ready for use on public roads, this assessment plan only addresses high-level areas of concern, such as privacy, system safety, and object and event detection and response. The plan does not offer guidance or assistance on assessing each of the 15 areas, leaving each state to interpret and perform its own evaluations, which no doubt will vary widely. The author also addresses informed consent and the testing of driverless vehicles on public roads. The article ends with suggested areas for research and the need for colleges and universities to educate a multidisciplinary robotics workforce.
Language: English
Authors: Cummings, MissyPagination: pp 34-37
Publication Date: 2017-3
Serial: Media Type: Digital/other
Features: Photos; References
TRT Terms: Identifier Terms: Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment
Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
Created Date: May 15 2017 12:58PM
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