Bump On The Road For Driverless Cars Isn't Technology, It's You
When you watch science fiction movies, you notice there are two things that seem like we will get in the future — a silver jumpsuit and driverless cars.
In the movie I, Robot, which is set in a futuristic 2035, Will Smith is sitting in the driver's seat of his Audi, relaxing and reading a magazine when he suddenly gets attacked by robots. Then the car, which is set on manual override, notifies him the obvious, "You're experiencing a car accident."
Jumping On The Band Wagon
Filip Brabec with Audi of America says the car company is still a couple of decades away from the film's depiction of technology, however, the car maker is navigating toward a new initiative.
It's become the first in the auto industry to test automated cars, in Nevada.
Although Google has been working on this for years with actual self-driving cars on the road, Google is not a car maker — yet.