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Yandex showed a prototype of an unmanned car
Yandex showed the prototype of its unmanned car. The video is published on YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yc1v-lxl-0
As TechCrunch writes, the company wants to test its new software, which considers unique. It contains a navigation system, geolocation, computer vision and machine learning experience from other products and services, including Yandex.Navigator and Yandex.Marts.
The head of the PR department of Yandex.Taxi, Vladimir Isaev, told the publication that the company uses the anonymous data of Yandex.Navigator users to understand how to go in a city with its traffic jams, accidents, speed restrictions, road repair and other transport events. ” He added that Yandex.Taxi has long been using computer vision technologies in different services, for example, to find parking spaces.
Yandex notes that testing a new car on city roads will be held within a year if everything goes according to plan. It is too early to talk about the commercial accessibility of the service, Isaev noted. According to him, the company ultimately hopes for cooperation with car manufacturers and other interested parties in order to bring their drones to the market.
Yandex reported on the development of unmanned vehicles in September 2016, then the company signed an agreement with KAMAZ. As noted, the semi -autonomous control system will help the driver hold the car in the lane, initiate emergency braking and control its degree of fatigue.
Uber, Google, Tesla and Volvo are also engaged in the development of unmanned vehicles.