Next year in Manhattan will appear unmanned vehicles

Next year in Manhattan will appear unmanned vehicles

Autonomous vehicles have long been moving through the green hills of Pittsburgh and travel through the streets of San Francisco. Soon they will be tested in Midtown Manhattan, where pedestrians, taxis, buses and bicycles every day merged into one moving mass, looking for just one opportunity – not to collide with someone or something.

Company Cruise Automation, which develops software for unmanned vehicles, owned by General Motors, plans to begin testing Autonomous cars in new York early next year. But do not be afraid! At first, driving will be an experienced engineer who are in an emergency situation will be able to take driving into their own hands. The rest of his task – to capture performance indicators of the UAV.

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Cruise CEO Kyle Here says that populous city with over 8 million residents, will provide the company with the opportunity to test the vehicles in an unusual intense traffic conditions to optimize the software for Autonomous vehicles.

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