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Google wants to go even further with autonomous cars. The search giant has just picked up a patent which is investigating the development of delivery trucks with self-driving system.
According to information published by Quartz, the company will use automatic vehicles carried sensors out by video cameras, radar and laser rangefinders from which to judge the rest of the traffic route. The system will also include detailed road maps to navigate and a communication subsystem and wireless communication that allows to communicate with a controller and others.
In addition, the trucks would have a series of boxes blocked by a PIN code that would be sent to the client to pick up your package. Thus, the user receives your order in the truck and can be accessed through your code, your credit card or an NFC reader, without messenger.
This service inevitably reminds bet Amazon for the division by drones. Also, do not be the first autonomous trucks to take the road, as Daimler and performed their tests earlier this year. Meanwhile, in Spain, Correos intends to use drones for the distribution to areas with very poor accessibility.
The US authorities believe that Google develops self-directed vehicles are “drivers” from the legal point, representing a major step forward in the face of future approval for circulation on the roads of the country.
the authorities require, at present, there is a person in the vehicle that can act if emergency, but most of the time the vehicles operating in automatic system.
the National Security Agency Highway Traffic Administration (NHTSA, for its acronym in English) said in a letter to Google that the agency He considers that the “driver” is the system of autonomous driving technology developed by the company and none of the occupants of the vehicle
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