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The hottest issue in
automobile industry is 'self-driving car'
The imagination of
letting cars to drive by itself is becoming a reality. Just like telephone,
which was first invented in 19th century, was evolved from a simple
communication device into a smartphone with portability and utilities such as
schedule management, photo shooting, and even payment method, the age of smart
car is approaching.
In near future, we will be
seeing self-driving cars that require drivers to only enter address of
destination instead of actually driving the car and they will drive by itself
to the destination.
Cars, the irreplaceable
objects in modern people's lives, have been and are being continuously developed
for better 'safety' and 'convenience' of people. Rather than hardware elements,
the importance of software development such as AI (Artificial Intelligence),
big data, and infotainment is being emphasized.
The global ICT company
Google, which has been researching for smart car development since long before,
recently separated self-driving car development department from Google. Google
loaded an outstanding AI system which can detect surrounding objects and has
highly advanced decision making capacity for unexpected incidents for test
driving and it is leading the self-driving car industry.
Other leading ICT
companies such as Apple, Samsung, and Baidu also have highly advanced related
technologies and other car manufacturers announced to join self-driving car
industry and began research and development. Korean car manufacturers Hyundai
and Kia, and other related parts manufacturers currently have level 2
self-driving car technology. Recently launched Genesis EQ900 has 'Highway
Driving Assistance' (HDA) system which allows the car to control the distance
between other cars and drive within the lanes by itself.
In 2020, the self-driving
cars are going to protect the lives of people.
The self-driving car
industry and many experts are expecting that by 2020, the smart cars with 'full
self-driving phase' (cars drive by itself from departure to parking at the
destination without requiring any operation of drivers) will be mass produced and
driving on the roads. The full self-driving cars, so-called 'driving AlphaGo',
are expected to make positive influence on traffics. Based on the announcement
from the World Health Organization (WHO), every year 1.25 million people worldwide
are losing their lives in car accidents and 89% of them were cause by driver's
mistakes.
The full self-driving
cars drive base on accurate computer system and sensors thus they are expected
to provide highly improved safety. And also, in traffic system management perspective
it will be possible to find traffic status through communication network
system. Accidents caused by human errors or aggressive driving behaviors can be
prevented by self-driving system thus it is expected to reduce the number of
accidents by over 90%.
On last April, the match
result between AlphaGo and Lee Se-dol shocked mankind that the age of AI taking
over our jobs and threatening our lives is near. People’s anxiety and negative
standpoints on AlphaGo broke out widely. However, as all modern technologies
were invented and developed to improve the lives of people, the development of
self-driving car was also first started with a philosophy of preventing human
errors of drivers for human safety. We need to remember that we have been keep
developing new technologies and such technologies allowed us to advance to the future
we imagined.
