09 10 2015 39 STORY lane to overtake But on its own the Audi holds back and stays where it is We designed the system to behave rather defen sively when there is any doubt says one of the engineers pres ent during the test drive Audi calls its system piloted driving though it is more a kind of guided driving Emergency braking is of course anchored in the software but the company doesn t want to trouble the test subjects with the particulars A few days earlier a truck lost a wheel during the test and the computer did not brake with full power During the test drive no one should be needlessly frightened when the long distance radar the laser scanner or the ultrasound sensors detect an unforeseen obstacle Vienna convention An engineer always sits in the right seat like a driving instruc tor operating an extra set of pedals in the footwell He is sup posed to ensure that the driver to his left doesn t do anything rash But the engineer primarily focuses on the traffic so the driver can just enjoy the ride but also be ready to reassume control While it has long been common practice in aviation and shipping to let the on board computer do the work the Vi enna Convention nearly five decades ago prescribed that the driver must be in control of the vehicle at all times The A7 has now found a gap in the traffic and has quickly switched to the middle lane on its own It is now moving unhur riedly with the flow of traffic at 130 km h The speedometer ac tually reads 80 because Jack as the engineers call their baby is actually American and has already made a self driven trip from San Francisco to Las Vegas 900 kilometers away Its speedome ter is set to miles Jack by the way is short for jackpot Large decals on the prototype pique the curiosity of passers by in the left lane They marvel and smile when the driver in his high tech toy reaches out with both hands through the side window Displaying your open hands is humanity s oldest ges ture It says you are unarmed Like on a train In fact the self piloted vehicle has an enormous moderating effect The stressed out harried driver normally at the wheel becomes a comfortable passenger It is like traveling on a train one engineer present in the car says But he is wrong In a train the passenger can t sit upfront in the A7 he can The level of seating comfort is business class So it s now es sential to adapt to the new age and find a comfortable sitting position Seating rail back to the rear backrest in a lounge po sition A long drink or a cup of tea would be nice And instead of worrying about getting somewhere on time and constantly keeping an eye on the other crazies racing to their next ap pointments the chauffeured passenger crosses his arms be hind his head looks at the landscape and thinks you poor fools Weather It is really something of a surprise that everything is so smooth and relaxed so casual On this Friday an interim low from the Mediterranean has formed between two high pressure cen ters Earlier in the day the TV weatherman on the breakfast show warned that the area around Ingolstadt where Audi is headquartered would be the epicenter of a brief monsoon Just two hours ago it poured to the point that you couldn t see past the windshield Jack s sensors were blind in these conditions But the bad weather quickly came to an end and now harm less clouds move across the sky not bolts of lightning The trip from Greding back to Ingolstadt only takes about 30 minutes and the adventure is over much too soon In fact Jack prac 02 2015 52 Produkte Fahrbericht 2 1 Modell Audi A7 Piloted Driving Komponenten Antennen für Datenaustausch Differenzial GPS 3D Kamerasystem vorn mit Öffnungswinkel von 103 Grad horizontal 3D Kamerasystem hinten mit Öffnungswinkel von 103 Grad horizontal Steuergerät zur Regelung der Fahrdynamik Bildverarbeitungs und Überwachungssystem Zentrale Sensoreinheit Eine halbe Stunde Zukunft Fo to s A ud i Components Antennas for data exchange Differential GPS Front 3 D camera system with aperture angle of 103 degrees horizontal Front 3 D camera system rear with aperture angle of 103 degrees horizontal Control device for regulating driving dynamics Image processing and monitoring system Central sensor unit Model Audi A7 Piloted Driving

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