Researchers at the Technical University of Munich succeeded in developing the world’s first ethical autonomous vehicle software as a result of long-term studies.
Autonomous vehicles, which attract more and more attention every day thanks to Tesla, have now become one of the important projects of Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Audi and many other automobile manufacturers. If you remember, you can see the video showing Tesla’s 3rd level autonomous driving technology shared in 2016. allegedly fake. Also Mercedes-Benz The world’s first level 3 autonomous driving system had introduced.
In the midst of all this autonomous vehicle race, researchers at the Technical University of Munich discussed one of the biggest problems of autonomous vehicles and created the world’s first ethical autonomous vehicle software developed. So what exactly does this mean?
The safety of everyone in traffic will be considered
In many autonomous vehicles currently on the market, the priority of safety rests with the owner. For example, when a pedestrian is thrown onto the road on a narrow road, the autonomous vehicle tries not to hit the pedestrian, but Since the primary purpose is the safety of the driver, he does not go out of the way even to save the pedestrian.. For this reason, the EU autonomous vehicle expert commission argues that all autonomous vehicle software currently on the market should be updated.
On the other hand, researchers at the Technical University of Munich, who strictly comply with the first 20 recommendations of the EU commission, take into account all kinds of dangers while driving on their own, and ensure the safety of other vehicles and pedestrians in traffic, in addition to driver safety. equally caring announced that they are developing an autonomous driving software. It is stated that the software, in which approximately 2,000 variable scenarios have been tested, intervenes each time in a way that causes the least damage to all factors.
In addition, this software learns the users of most countries in the USA, China and Europe on the go and able to adapt itself to appropriate situations. Moreover, this software completely open source. In other words, BMW, Mercedes-Benz and even Tesla can integrate this system into their own systems.
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Of course, this software is not an autonomous driving system on its own. We can describe this software as a rulebook for autonomous vehicles. If you want to examine the source codes of the project, located here You can reach the project’s GitHub page via the link.