Google car, Linux, lasers, self-driving and more

When I read the news of Audi + Android, I thought that: «Will Google be involved in any other car gadgets or devices?»

There I found an article in Computerweekly that tells me a little about it.

It happens that every day Linux enters more (from the hands of other greats of technology) in cars, as I explained in the previous article, the technology we use for group navigation, entertainment, location services, external connectivity to networks social and even the use of the radio, many cars make this work with Linux or some variants of it.

Self-Driving:

But not only that, do you know what self-driving is? It has been, in very simple terms, a car that only knows how to drive and respect traffic laws, it does not need a driver or driver.

The open source operating system is shifting into even higher gear in the automotive market in terms of its development in self-driving cars.

Google's self-driving project is powered by software called Google Chauffeur, which runs on a modified version of Ubuntu Linux.

Also known as autonomous vehicles, the market for these machines is estimated to be capable of accounting for up to 75 percent of all light vehicle sales by 2035 (according to Navigant Research)

They remember in the occasional game what the autopilot is, rare in car games but it is quite usual in games in space, ships, etc. Well, that is more or less the thing.

Photon laser disturbance:

The cars work with roof-mounted and side-mounted laser, radar sensors to detect and react to the world around them. So far everything seems perfect, smooth sailing, but it happens that the technology is far from perfect, for example, atmospheric conditions that affect photons (such as rain) will have an impact on the performance of the laser.

Google's car (a modified Toyota Prius and a Lexus RX450h has also been used) is not the only self-driving car to run Linux, there are prototypes at GM and Volkswagen that also run our kernel.

The United States states of Nevada have legalized self-driving vehicles for testing and California is thought to be next in line.

Reports suggest that the only accident these cars have reported so far occurred while a human driver was in control of the vehicle.

Conclusion:

Well, what happens is that at this time I'm a bit idle, I was curious (after the previous article) to see what is 'cooked' today in cars with Linux systems specifically. I still want to find more information about it, for example, more information about the veracity and details regarding the modification of Ubuntu they have made, etc.

Any information you provide will be appreciated 🙂