The Drive.ai, self-driving car startup, with autonomous car-to-human communication just took a road trip that proves particularly challenging for some people and autonomous vehicles. The self-driving car shows it could react fast just like a human can when a driver cuts it off with no collision occurring even at night and raining.
According to Mashable, Waymo, has been working on driving in the rain for years and even have windshield wipers on the car's sensor domes to maintain visibility. The car becomes more cautious during driving in the rain. Waymo has some limitations during a stormy weather, the car automatically pulls over and waits until the conditions improve. Waymo is still testing its self-driving cars in adverse conditions such as in Kirkland, Washington, where there is more rain.
Furthermore, Fortune writes that rain was not the only tricky factor in the video uploaded by Drive.ai. Drive.ai focuses on developing deep learning software, a sophisticated form of artificial intelligence, applying it to a self-driving car, which enables it to recognize objects and to make the right decision. Drive.ai co-founder and CEO Sameep Tandon says driving at night, in the rain, or in other complex situations is possible because of the company's unique deep learning technology that processes information and makes decisions just the how the human brain can.
In the video where the vehicle was fully autonomous, it encounters a narrow street with parked cars on the side and glare from oncoming traffic, a broken red light intersection, and a busy four-way stop sign where another vehicle cuts in front of it. The autonomous drive went on smoothly as the vehicle adjusted on the lane of the narrowed streets, stop during a broken red light, and also appeared to slow down when a vehicle cuts in front of it at a four-way stop sign.
There are still more tests being performed by Drive.ai on a self-driving car as people are still doubting its capabilities and would not easily let a 'machine' handle the steering wheel with their lives on the line.
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