Driverless car ‘with eyes’ trialled for safe pedestrian interaction
A driverless car with ‘eyes’ is being trialled by one of the world’s most famous car manufacturers. The concept by the Jaguar Land Rover Future Mobility Division is designed to help interaction with pedestrians and other road users in a world without human drivers.
Aurrigo has joined forces with Jaguar Land Rover to fit ‘virtual eyes’ to its autonomous pods to understand how humans will trust self-driving vehicles.
The friendly-faced ‘eye pods’ have a vital job: helping work out how much information future self-driving cars should share with users or pedestrians to ensure that people trust the technology.
Jaguar Land Rover gives self-driving cars googly eyes to put pedestrians at ease
Pedestrians and cyclists struggle to trust self-driving cars, but Jaguar Land Rover believes it may have a solution: ‘virtual eyes’ that stare at fellow road users, letting them know they’ve been seen.
Virtual eyes to boost self-driving vehicle safety
Aurrigo has joined forces with Jaguar Land Rover to fit ‘virtual eyes’ to its autonomous pods to understand how humans will trust self-driving vehicles. The friendly-faced ‘eye pods’ have a vital job: helping work out how much information future self-driving cars should share with users or pedestrians to ensure that people trust the technology.
Driverless car keeps a close eye on pedestrians
Self-driving cars will make “eye contact” with pedestrians to give people more confidence to cross roads.Jaguar Land Rover has fitted virtual eyes to driverless pods in a trial to boost trust in the vehicles, which two thirds of pedestrians fear may be less safe.