The self-driving company Autox has obtained a Shenzhen road test license. What technical support is necessary for self-driving cars to be put on the road?

If self-driving cars want to hit the road, they must have a lot of technical support. The first is that the function must be safe. Without safety, everything is meaningless. Then the camera must be clear, all of which are preparations for safety. LiDAR and radar must also provide a series of support.

Functional Safety

The most important reason why many people are afraid to take self-driving cars on the road is safety issues. After all, as long as the machine fails, a failure of the car is likely to cause ACCIDENT. Therefore, if a self-driving car wants to be on the road, it must ensure that its functions are safe and there will be no accidents.

Clear camera

The car must be able to clearly detect where there are people and objects, and then correctly avoid these obstacles. At this time a clear camera is essential. These cameras are not only used during the day, but also require a very good line of sight at night. Pixels, resolution, response time, etc. all have very high requirements.

Lidar

Lidar can provide a safe environment inside the car, and can play a very good role in time, real-time monitoring and remote operation.

Radar

Since you are driving, you must consider thunderstorms and dusty weather. A car is only qualified if it can maintain a stable state in all kinds of weather. The role of radar is to allow the car to maintain stable performance in any environment.

If self-driving cars want to be put on the road, they still need to conduct experiments, in which all their shortcomings will be found and corrected. It can only be put on the road if it is absolutely foolproof, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous. After all, none of us want to encounter a situation like that in foreign countries where a self-driving car hits a person.