Driverless cars are being developed by Google through a project called Google Chauffeur. The technology was pioneered by Stanford professor Sebastian Thrun in 2005 when his robotic vehicle Stanley won the DARPA Grand Challenge. Nevada was the first state to pass a law allowing driverless cars in 2011. Google has now logged over 300,000 accident-free miles with its driverless car prototypes. While the technology is still being tested, it aims to eventually make commercial autonomous vehicles available.

1. Driverless Car
Jakasaniya Ravi
MCA19

2. CONTENTS
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Introduction
History
Working
Accidents
Current status
Conclusion

3. INTRODUCTION
 The Google driverless car is a project by Google that
involves developing technology for autonomous cars.
 The software powering Google's cars is called Google
Chauffeur.

4. HISTORY
DATE
Current (2013)
Past (2005)
DISCRIPTION
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 created the robotic vehicle Stanley
which won the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge and its
US$2 million prize from the United States DOD
(Department of Defense).
2011
U.S. state of Nevada passed a law on June 29, 2011.
2012
It went into effect on March 1, 2012, and the Nevada
Department of Motor Vehicles issued the first license
for a self-driven car in May 2012.
2012
The license was issued to a Toyota Prius.

5. WORKING

6. ACCIDENTS
In August 2011, a human-controlled Google
driverless car was involved in the project's first
crash near Google headquarters in Mountain View,
CA.
A second incident involved a Google driverless car
being rear-ended while stopped at a stoplight.

7. CURRENT STATUS
In August 2012, it was announced that they have
completed over 300,000 autonomous-driving miles
accident-free.
Typically have about a dozen cars on the road at any
given time.
Nevada, Florida and California have passed laws as of
September 2012.
License plates issued in Nevada for autonomous cars
will have a red background and feature an infinity
symbol (∞).
Test cars have about $150,000 in equipment including a
$70,000 LIDAR (laser radar) system.
The range finder is a Velodyne 64-beam laser.

8. CONCLUSION
It is a futuristic technology.
Google has been lobbying to get the bills passed.
Google has no immediate plans to commercially
develop the system.

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