* Russia is making driverless trucks with off-road capability in time for the World Cup
-- Russia plans to unveil its version of self-driving trucks. This surprising announcement was made at the STS Forum in Kyoto, Japan. What exactly the vehicles will do as part of the World Cup are yet to be specified... In Russia there are two companies working on self-driving vehicles – Rostec-owned KAMAZ, and Gaz Group, a part of the Basic Elements industrial group. Both manufacturers already stated that they would only be able to unveil the vehicle in three years if “the project is supported by the government” ... KAMAZ is developing its driverless truck jointly with Russian software developer, Cognitive Technologies... Most international competitors are working on cars suited primarily for ideal traffic conditions and high-quality road surface markings, but Cognitive Technologies is taking the harsh conditions of Russia’s road network into account... The KAMAZ and Cognitive Technologies project is based on the so-called passive, or signal-acquiring computer vision. This means that the vehicle’s computer vision system acquires data from the outside, and this data is then processed by the vehicle’s artificial intelligence to make decisions... The U.S. and Europe are currently constructing smart highways, which come with perfect road markings and built-in sensors providing information about traffic. “This is the ideal environment, and our vehicle is also able to use radars but thanks to the algorithms implemented in our truck it can operate in Russian conditions, as well as on most of the world’s roads,” Olga Usova, president of Cognitive Technologies said...
(Press photo - First unmanned KAMAZ vehicle may appear on Russia’s streets) -- Moscow, Russia - Russia Beyond the Headlines, by VICTORIA ZAVYÁLOVA - October 28, 2015
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