Audi breaks self-driving car world speed recordOctober 21, 2014 - 19:02 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Audi has broken the world speed record for a self-driving car during a series of trials in Germany. The automaker's RS7 vehicle reached top speeds of 149mph during a test on the Hockenheim racing circuit near Frankfurt, Digital Spy reports citing BBC News. The autonomous car took just over two minutes to complete a lap of the Grand Prix circuit, and around five seconds more with a driver behind the wheel. It used a combination of on-board computing equipment, cameras, laser scanners, GPS location data, radio transmissions and radar sensors to navigate its way around the track. Although self-driving cars are some years away from mainstream adoption, Audi believes that initiatives in "piloted driving" could help reduce road accidents in the future. "Piloted driving defuses situations like, for example, being in a traffic jam. Whenever the driver is distracted and inattentive the car could take over," said Dr Horst Glaser of the company's research team. "Additionally the driver has a chance to relax. That means they are on full alert as soon as their attention is required again." Audi is not the only car manufacturer researching self-driving vehicles, with Mercedes, Volvo, Toyota, and BMW also active in this field, along with tech companies like Google. Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | Viva-MTS: Tech solutions to modernize infrastructure of border village The border village has been the focus of Viva-MTS and the Foundation for the Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Values since 2015. “By Your Side”: IDBank's new support program for displaced Artsakh citizens IDBank is launching a long-term social support program for forcibly displaced Artsakh residents. The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. |