Future of Transport
GOOGLE 'S DRIVERLESS CAR
PRESENTED BY: Mandeep Wadia Atul Sharma Himangshu Talukdar
1/10/2013
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
We express our deepest gratitude to Dr. Piyush Verma (Assistant Professor, L M Thapar School of Management, Thapar University, Patiala) who provided us this opportunity to work on the latest innovations and technologies in industry and without whom, it would not have been possible for us to understand the course that we are following.
We are thankful to him whose guidance helped us to understand the concepts involved, for there hidden contribution to this report and also, for enhancing our knowledge and skills towards "Innovation and Technology management".
Words are inadequate in offering our thanks to Dr. Piyush Verma, for his encouragement and cooperation in carrying out the project work.
DATE: 10th Jan 2013
PLACE: Patiala
Mandeep Wadia
Atul Sharma
Himangshu Talukdar
INTRODUCTION
The Google driverless car is a project by Google that involves developing technology for driverless cars. The project is currently being led by Google engineer Sebastian Thrun, director of the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and co-inventor of Google Street View. Thrun 's team at Stanford created the robotic vehicle Stanley which won the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge and its US$2 million prize from the United States Department of Defense. The team developing the system consisted of 15 engineers working for Google, including Chris Urmson, Mike Montemerlo, and Anthony Levandowski who had worked on the DARPA Grand and Urban Challenges.
The U.S. state of Nevada passed a law on June 29th, 2011 permitting the operation of driverless cars in Nevada. Google had been lobbying for driverless car laws. The Nevada law went into effect on March 1, 2012, and the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles issued the first license for a
PRESENTED BY: Mandeep Wadia Atul Sharma Himangshu Talukdar
1/10/2013
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
We express our deepest gratitude to Dr. Piyush Verma (Assistant Professor, L M Thapar School of Management, Thapar University, Patiala) who provided us this opportunity to work on the latest innovations and technologies in industry and without whom, it would not have been possible for us to understand the course that we are following.
We are thankful to him whose guidance helped us to understand the concepts involved, for there hidden contribution to this report and also, for enhancing our knowledge and skills towards "Innovation and Technology management".
Words are inadequate in offering our thanks to Dr. Piyush Verma, for his encouragement and cooperation in carrying out the project work.
DATE: 10th Jan 2013
PLACE: Patiala
Mandeep Wadia
Atul Sharma
Himangshu Talukdar
INTRODUCTION
The Google driverless car is a project by Google that involves developing technology for driverless cars. The project is currently being led by Google engineer Sebastian Thrun, director of the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and co-inventor of Google Street View. Thrun 's team at Stanford created the robotic vehicle Stanley which won the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge and its US$2 million prize from the United States Department of Defense. The team developing the system consisted of 15 engineers working for Google, including Chris Urmson, Mike Montemerlo, and Anthony Levandowski who had worked on the DARPA Grand and Urban Challenges.
The U.S. state of Nevada passed a law on June 29th, 2011 permitting the operation of driverless cars in Nevada. Google had been lobbying for driverless car laws. The Nevada law went into effect on March 1, 2012, and the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles issued the first license for a
References: 1. www.historychannel.com 2. www.wikipedia/driverlesscar.com, 3. www.googlecar.com