Only for this year was created a significant number of devices and. new technologies. That allow. the power of thought partially or fully manage a variety of vehicles. In this article we will discuss the ones that we think are most interesting and important, and also have good potential for further sales and the introduction of mass production.
At the beginning of the year in Berlin, engineers and programmers have created an interface that is able to control your car with the power of thought. The first tests of the system gave excellent results, all the volunteers involved in the tests without any problems managed virtual car.
Engineers laboratory. AutoNOMOS. and the project. BrainDriver. became pioneers in the field of machine control with thoughts. The basis of the team - a group of artificial intelligence at the Free University of Berlin, headed by Professor Raul Rojas.
Professor Rojas is already marked in the field of experimental robotics, taking part in the creation. beetle cyborg and robot soccer team.
In the next phase of the study Raul and his colleagues have created on the basis of virtually autonomous Volkswagen Passat car, direction and speed of which is set and controlled by the driver's mind's eye.
Electronic arrangement Passat engaged by a special department of Volkswagen Electronics Research Laboratory, and the team of Professor Rojas has focused on software. The car was equipped with an array of sensors and cameras to protect the driver from the unintended consequences of such management.
At the first stage of the program is ' trained ' by a volunteer driver, r. e. remember different picture of activity for different situations: the rotation of the left side, on the right side, acceleration and deceleration.
The developers note that this is only a demonstration study and has no plans to carry out full tests on the road, as there is a slight delay between the planned command and response cars, but the potential for such systems is quite high.
The next major project in the field of mental control can be considered Prius Bike, which was launched in late April. Customer made Toyota, and for the realization come from American companies, and Parlee Cycles Deeplocal.
Prius Bike is practically no different from modern bikes. The peculiarity of the project is in a helmet with built-in device for analysis of brain activity. The principle of operation of the system such as in most previous case: the brain is activated differently in different minds, as a result encephalogram each reaction will be different. But the Americans, unlike their colleagues in Berlin did not try to fully manage the device, but only realized the ' mental ' gear change bicycle.
Some have hastened to declare that the project is likely designed to support the advertising of the same name Toyota hybrid production. After all, the hybrid Toyota prices a bit higher than competitors and to show the best side all the advantages of this car.
But the experiments of other Germans, even from the Technical University of Berlin, may find their way if you do not have a wide range of drivers, at least for racing drivers.
Engineers have used sensors are the same for indicators of brain activity and an additional sensor, which captures the smallest reduction in the right leg. Analyzing the pulse in the head and the beginning of the contraction of muscles that are involved in the brake, the program may be too early to determine the need for braking. Such a system is able to respond to.13 seconds faster for the driver who is at a speed of 100 km / h will reduce the braking distance by more than 3.5 meters.
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