Washington, DC,USA: Uber unveil first self-driving car on Thursday, May 19, announcing it has begun testing an autonomous vehicle on the streets of Pittsburgh.
"If you're driving around Pittsburgh in the coming weeks you might see a strange sight: a car that looks like it should be driven by a superhero," said a statement from the ride-sharing giant.
The car drove itself over the 31st Street Bridge and along River Avenue on the North Side before turning around at the Heinz Lofts. The car will accelerate, brake, steer and perform other basic functions on its own. It switches out of self-driving mode with a loud beep if its sensors detect a car swerving into its lane or it encounters something it does not recognize or know how to negotiate.
The driver can take control of the car anytime. The car's sensor s detected parked cars sticking out into traffic,jaywalkers,bicyclists, and a goose crossing River Avenue. Through a combination of multiple cameras, lasers, and sensors, Uber's self-driving car can see as far as 100 meters in any direction.
It's the first official revelation that Uber is testing its own self-driving technology. Uber has a research center in Pittsburgh and said it chose the city because it "is an ideal environment to develop and test our technology across a wide variety of road types, traffic patterns and weather conditions."
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