Volvo a Swedish auto maker has announced that it will put 100 self-driving cars on the road in the Swedish city of Gothenburg in 2017."Volvo Cars has designed a complete production-viable autonomous driving system," Peter Mertens, head of Volvo's research and development said in a statement.Autopilot car systems use an array of sensors to take three dimensional pictures of the surroudings.Cameras and radars help the vehicle to understand traffic signals and other conditions of road.A laser scanner for the detections of objects in front of the car.A 3-D map which provides information about road.It is using Ultrasonic sensors, cloud-based positioning systems and intelligent braking and steering technologies."
"We are entering uncharted territory in the field of autonomous driving," Peter Mertens.The Swedish car maker said this vehicle come with backup setups that will allow to work safely if some of their parts stop working.It also said that in case of an emergency the new car would react faster than humans.
"Making this complex system 99 percent reliable is not good enough. You need to get much closer to 100 percent before you can let self-driving cars mix with other road users in real-life traffic," said Erik Coelingh, a Volvo technical specialist.
In case of system failure or if the autopilot stops its work, the car will prompt the driver to take over.If the driver is unable to take control, the car will stop safely on the side of the road.
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