Mercedes Benz ‘self-park’ itself without damaging the other cars [Video]
Automobiles have seen a lot of change in the past one year. And no, we are not talking about changes in comfort, performance etc. Instead, we today are focusing on the ‘auto’ part of automobiles. Fantasy writers and scientists have long been predicting of a time when vehicles would be able to drive themselves and we are currently living in that time. Though not completely legal in most parts of the world, autonomous driving is something that has been here since some time now. Down below is a video which showcases the same.
A Mercedes-Benz car (C63 AMG to be precise) is shown in the first part of the video. The driver of the vehicle sets the vehicle to auto park, a feature now available with a lot of luxury cars. The plot is made interesting by the presence of two Lamborghini Aventadors, both of which are the SV (Super Veloce) model. The test is to check whether the Mercedes would be able to park itself in this tight spot between the two Lambos without damaging any of them. As seen in the video, the AMG tuned Mercedes does that easily.
There comes a time while reversing when it seems that the black AMG will hit the Lambo for sure. However, the on board systems detect the collision distance and brake accordingly, just inches away from the bumper of the Lamborghini Aventador at the back. The car then parks itself perfectly, even better than what some people would have done. The video then proceeds to show several clips which showcase a similar scenario. In each of the clip, a car has been set on to auto parking mode and it maneuvers itself into the parking safely. The auto park function works well even with oncoming traffic.
Auto manufacturers and tech companies around the word have developed the technology of self driving and have attained near perfection in it. Companies like Tesla provide auto pilot function which can control the whole car and run it quite efficiently with the supervision of a human. The BMW 7 series can come to you from the place where it is parked just by the touch of a button on the key fob. For functions like auto parking, the on-board computer uses an array of sensors and cameras to detect the size, distance, shape of the obstructions around and choose the best spot accordingly.
However, for those of you thinking why the auto pilot function is not yet available on all cars, it is not yet legal in most parts of the world to own or use a autonomous vehicle. This is because of various fundamental and ethical reasons. The basic reason is that the whole autonomous thing needs a infrastructure in order to function properly. Roads need to be tweaked, signals need to be tailored up apart from a developed internet of things. A sole fully autonomous car running on road without the needed changes and infrastructure can prove to be fatal for fellow road users. Also, security concerns (hacking etc) regarding such cars needs to be addressed and beefed up.
For the time being, it is good to see that the technology has made such advancements and things which were thought of as superficial just a decade back are present everywhere. In the coming years, we would see such simple autonomous functions like self park etc come on more affordable cars as well.
Written By – Devesh Mishra, Source – Cartoq.
