Kwakuyiminyaka engamashumi amathathu impela lapho kwethulwa khona i-NavLab 1, echazwa njengemoto yokuqala emhlabeni ezimele.
Akunakugwenywa: uma ukhuluma ngokuqanjwa kwezimoto emhlabeni, uhlale ukhuluma ngokushayela uzimele. Kodwa isifiso sokwenza ukushayela kuzimele asisisha.Ekuqaleni kwawo-1980, i-Robotics Institute e-Carnegie Mellon University (USA) yakha uchungechunge lwamamodeli azimele kanye nalawo azimele ayethuthuke kakhulu ngesikhathi sawo. Eqinisweni, amasistimu asevele asetshenziswa ngaleso sikhathi ayafana nalawo esiwasebenzisa namuhla. Kodwa kancane savela, kunjalo.
IMAKETHI: Imoto yama-apula? Akulula...
Imodeli yokuqala - i-terregator - yethulwa ngo-1983, futhi kwakuyirobhothi elincane elingekho emgwaqeni elasebenzisa inhlanganisela yama-lasers, i-radar namakhamera wevidiyo ukuhamba ngaphandle kokungenelela komuntu - namuhla sisebenzisa ubuchwepheshe obufanayo ngokufaka i-satellite geolocation. Le modeli ivule indlela yalokho okuchazwa “njengemoto yokuqala engu-100% ezimele emhlabeni ukuthutha abantu”, I-NavLab 1 , eyayizokhululwa ngemva kweminyaka emithathu.
Njengoba ubona kuvidiyo engezansi, i-NavLab 1 yayibukeka njengeveni yezindaba kamabonakude kunemoto ezimele, futhi empeleni yayingeyona into engaphezu kweveni yakwaChevrolet eshintshiwe. Ngaphakathi, i-NavLab 1 ifakwe uxhaxha lwamakhompiyutha nezinzwa ezinyakazayo, futhi ngenxa yemikhawulo yesoftware akubanga ngasekupheleni kwawo-1980 lapho imoto yaqala ukusebenza ngokugcwele. Kumodi yokuzimela engu-100% ijubane eliphezulu lalingaphezudlwana kuka-32 km/h, liphansi kakhulu ngezindinganiso zamanje, kodwa ngaleso sikhathi lalibhekwa njengempumelelo.
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Eminyakeni engu-30 kamuva, ukushayela okuzimele sekuvele kungokoqobo, futhi kuya ngokuya kuba khona emakethe yezimoto. Siyakwamukela esikhathini esizayo...
Isithombe: URalph Brown