More Resources
Videos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1tfOeChenQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAwFKtn6zgA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HS6lI2HUx28
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBZO-2spv4o
https://www.autonomousvehicletech.com/videos?bctid=5980982014001
Driverless cars and impact to the Environment;
- https://blueandgreentomorrow.com/environment/self-driving-cars-could-impact-environment/
- The widespread public debut of self-driven cars is growing closer every day. Tesla has developed a revolutionary autopilot feature, Uber has a self-driving fleet, Nissan is working on its own self-driving taxi service in Japan, and Google already operates a self-driving vehicle for cartography purposes.
- Analysts predict that when they go mainstream, accidents will fall by 90 percent.
- The newer vehicles may also boast of more efficient fuel economy. They’re designed to be more aerodynamic and programmed to take the most efficient routes.
The Variables Surrounding Autonomous Vehicle Energy Consumption
- It may mean fewer vehicles per household, since the same car can drive everyone to their destination in an efficient manner. Many autonomous vehicles are also being designed to be entirely electric. This doesn’t necessarily reduce energy consumption, but it cuts emissions and air pollution.
Why will 5G connection be important?
- Companies such as Tesla and Toyota are now testing
self-driving vehicles on the roads in places like Pittsburgh, Boston, and Phoenix.
- For
autonomous car technology to be unlocked, many experts agree that large-scale adoption of 5G—
the next-generation wireless technology—is required. The current 4G network is fast enough to online stream full HD content and play online games, but it can’t support safer and smarter
autonomous cars.
- Said Nokia’s Jane Rygaard in a
recent interview with the BBC: “We need to look at how long it takes for the message to
be transmitted between sensors and then get to the computer in each car, and then how long it takes for the computer to
make a decision, and all of this has to be in less time than a human would take to
make a decision—2 milliseconds. We need a network supporting this, and 5G is that network.”
Why 5G wireless network?
a. Mr. Dechant, what are the biggest challenges you are currently working on?
b. What software components do self-driving cars need?
c. Could you explain the main software components for automated driving in detail?
d. How does Bosch facilitate the interaction between the driver and the automated car?
e.What motivates you personally to work on making the company’s vision of fully automated driving a reality?
GM, Ford and Toyota establish Automated Vehicle Safety Consortium; The three automakers are working together to establish safety guiding principles to help inform standards of development for autonomous vehicles.
British company to test driverless pods for people with visual impairments
Review all the listed terminologies in the link below
Facebook resources; Checkout the conversations on Facebook
Important questions answered by driverless cars engineers
The Ethics of Driverless cars resources;
List of driverless cars Accidents
Tesla and other driverless cars resources
Sample Case Study Questions
1. What are some of the economic benefits of driverless cars in our societies todays?
2. What are some of the social benefits of driverless cars?
3. Describe
FOUR legal concerns of driverless cars. How can these concerns being addressed?
4. Outline
FIVE examples of technical challenges of driverless cars may face.
https://www.aberdeen.com/techpro-essentials/tech-legal-challenges-autonomous-car-industry-facing/
5. Describe
TWO ethical decisions that must be addressed while developing driverless cars.
6. Describe
FOUR applications of Artificial Intelligence in driverless cars. Give examples where possible of the companies that introduced these applications.
7. Describe the
FIVE types of sensors used by driverless cars.
8. Describe how GPS technology is used by driverless cars.
9. Distinguish between Ubiquitous computing and IOT. and why is ubiquitous computing important for driverless cars?
10. "R
igorous 5G testing is required before having driverless car is our roads". Qualify this statement. https://www.techradar.com/news/we-need-rigorous-5g-testing-before-we-get-in-the-driverless-car
11. How can our road be made ready for autonomous vehicles?
https://www.rand.org/blog/2019/02/how-to-make-roads-safer-for-autonomous-vehicles.html
Driverless Cars Reviews
https://www.technologyreview.com/g/driverless-cars/
https://www.consumerreports.org/self-driving-cars/state-of-the-self-driving-car/
https://www.rand.org/topics/autonomous-vehicles.html
More 12 mark Sample questions
Your response to this questions must include evidence of independent research linked to the Driverless Cars
Question 1
Driverless car company is planning to go into partnership with a third-party cloud-based data service so that all of the information from driver-less cars can be stored centrally and be used to check and monitor and improve safety on the road. There are concerns about this data being used for other purposes that are not in the interests of the driverless car users;
Discuss whether the Driverless car company should go into partnership with a third-party cloud-based data service provider. 12 marks
Question 2 Risk management is essential in the automobile industry. With major autonomous changes coming to the automotive industry daily, the insurance industry will consequently see these major changes as well. One major concern that comes about is liability and responsibility.
Evaluate the statement above keeping in mind the effect on the insurance company's profitability and future growth in the automotive industry. (12 marks)
Governments around the world are considering the implications of driverless cars. The main concern about the countries is the cost that the government will incur when the driverless cars will be implemented to be available for LEDCs.
Discuss, with examples, the implications that affect the government with the application of driverless cars in different countries. (12 marks)
The introduction of driverless vehicles has had a significant impact on the transport industry with more and more countries and companies investing heavily in their production.
Hence, evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of driverless vehicles on a countries economy, environment and security, with respect to the case study and individual exploration. (12 marks)
A driverless car company has invested in an advanced form of artificial intelligence developed by a third party, with the main objective of analyzing the movements of surrounding objects. This technology will be vital in increasing the safety of the vehicle, however there are concerns on the reliability of implementing such a product.
Evaluate the decision of the driverless car company investing in the third party's artificial intelligence technology implementation. (12 marks)
The development of driverless cars has been done individually by each company over the past few years. If all of the companies were to partner up and merge their research in order to ease up the process of creating a driver class, evaluate the advantages and dis advantages in implementing this idea
Discuss whether the driverless car companies should partner up with other companies to ease up the process of creating and implementing driverless vehicle. Cite examples from your research
Driverless cars are likely to have major positive and negative impacts on the way we travel today. For one, those with disabilities will now be able to get to their destinations without the help of other people. On the other hand, one major issue is accountability and responsibility. Recently, Uber were taken to court after one of their vehicles knocked a pedestrian.
With this in mind, evaluate the various social and ethical issues that arise as a result of the introduction of driverless cars. Include examples other than that mentioned in the question
(12 marks).
A country is planning to fund extensive research into the driverless car industry in an attempt to reduce the risk of road accidents and increase efficiency within the countries transportation sector. Many members of the population are opposed to this idea as it presents various social problems such as reduced revenue to taxi drivers.
Discuss the social and ethical issues that arise when a countries government decides to invest such extensive amounts of money to curb particular problems. (12 marks)
The introduction of driverless cars has a significant impact upon the economy. With many countries and companies implementing these cars, it is both benefiting, and also limiting growth of the countries.
Discuss and evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of these driverless cars on 3 stakeholders and how by them using these vehicles increases or limits the country's growth. Give examples if possible (12 marks)
Many Automobile companies and transport companies such as Audi, Tesla and Uber are heavily investing in the integration of Artificial intelligence and cars in order to develop fully-automated driverless cars.
With the inception of driverless cars, discuss and evaluate their effect upon commercial drivers, the transport industry and passengers now and in the near future (12 Marks)
Driverless cars have between developed years back and are trending nowadays.
Discuss the possible costs to the global society with examples of how effective these autonomous vehicles have been in developing countries? (12 marks)
People travelling long distances rely on different modes of transport such as taxis, buses and/or airplanes. The advancements made in technology has led to the development of autonomous driving. As a result, many people are purchasing self-driving vehicles to replace the need for a driver.
Evaluate the impacts this will have on the public transport sector with supporting evidence.
Question 14
Some driverless car concepts also come with options/requirements of 'smart roads'. Governments would be required to make this huge change in their infrastructure and would have to incur great costs in implementing this change. Evaluate the implementation of the smart roads. Why is it a benefit to the government?© (12 marks)
Technology - Considering that automotive vehicles can be implemented anywhere in the world, how will different automotive vehicles (AVs) be localized to blend in with the driving culture of different regions and cities. Discuss this below.
Business - As consumers, will we continue to buy cars or will we buy transportation as a service? Discuss this below, providing your opinion and evaluating appropriately. (Focus on Uber and Car Sharing).
Social – As a potential user of AVs, do you think that the implementation of AVs into the Automotive industry, as a means of transport will reduce the rate of accidents in your country? Evaluate your answers with supporting evidence
The introduction of driverless vehicles is major stepping stone in the transportation industry, however there have been cases of these vehicles causing accidents or even deaths such as the uber accident.
Hence with such problems still prevalent within our society evaluate the social benefits and risks of using driverless cars with respect to the case study and individual exploration (12 Marks)
The introduction of driverless cars have limitless potential in the future, everything except a consciousness can be programmed into the car.
Evaluate the importance of ethical-decision making compared to pure functionality with evidence from prior research.
Question 18 BMW has launched their own driverless facility in Germany while other car companies are planning to do the same, all to advance their research on driverless cars.
Discuss the importance of partnership and collaboration in the development of driverless cars.
Question 19 Waymo announced their production and manufacture of autonomous cars in 2016. In the past years many companies have invested millions into funding research and testing projects for autonomous cars. Many car companies have started research and testing in the fear of being left behind by their competitors leading to a competition as to who will get out their product first.
What are the social and ethical implications of these decisions? (12 marks)
Driverless cars are involved in fewer collisions, they will inevitably still suffer problems and require assistance.
With evidence from above, to what extent do you agree with this statement? (12 marks
Activities for 28/03/2019
Scenario 1;
Refer to this case
https://www.npr.org/2018/02/05/583367084/battle-over-self-driving-cars-goes-to-court-in-case-between-googles-waymo-and-ub
Dramatize a court case scenario using the information in the link above above.
You should have a judge, prosecutor, the accused and the accuser. All evidence presented in court should be supported with evidence.
Scenario 2;
Case against Driverless Cars; Dramatize this scenario
Scenario 3:
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/428310-family-files-lawsuit-in-fatal-uber-self-driving-incident
Dramatize this scenario with both parties producing facts.
Activity for 5/4/2019
Scenario 4; Uber vs the Family of the Victim ; Uber Accident Case
https://slate.com/technology/2018/03/the-deadly-uber-self-driving-car-crash-is-just-the-beginning.html
Judge; Alameen
Family Lawyer; Gurjog
Family Legal team; Esther, Mohammed, William, Naeem, Wahaab, Alya, Krishan
Ubers' Lawyer; Shahil
Ubers' Legal team; Hussein, Kirunda, Dhruv, Preet, Carlos, Ali,
Jury; Riya, Devesh, Aminilloh
