Artificial intelligence can provide cars with numerous advantages. From predicting component failures to reminding drivers when fuel is needed, AI technology offers endless solutions that make life easier on the road.
Engineering software assists engineers by helping them design more fuel-efficient vehicles by analyzing data. Furthermore, physical testing can be reduced, saving both time and money.
Driver Assistance Systems
ADAS technology aims to minimize human error behind the wheel, offering features from drowsiness detection to lane departure warning systems to help drivers recognize potential dangers prior to an accident occurring.
Advanced technologies use sensor data to assess a vehicle’s surroundings and make instantaneous decisions based on what has been collected. That data, along with remote inputs like LIDAR, are then processed immediately to assess whether lanes need to change, speed down or stop entirely.
These systems have been shown to reduce front-to-rear and pedestrian crashes in some instances, but they should never fully replace drivers. Drivers need to understand their limitations so as not to expect too much from these systems and end up over-relying on them or using it improperly – leading to potentially dangerous outcomes.
Autonomous Vehicles
Autonomous vehicles, or self-driving cars, use sensors and cameras to detect obstacles on the road and avoid collisions. Furthermore, these self-driving cars make decisions to ensure safe speeds are maintained within their lane.
People often fear autonomous vehicles will replace humans, threatening jobs. However, most self-driving cars are designed to be safer than human drivers by taking routes with minimal resistance that would result in minimal casualties should a crash occur.
Autonomous systems can be improved through reprogramming, such as updating software on your computer or phone. However, general artificial intelligence seen in sci-fi movies does not exist outside the silver screen.
Predictive Maintenance
Recent figures on road-related deaths demonstrate the need for AI technologies embedded within cars to protect drivers and pedestrians – people are ultimately the cause of most road collisions.
Recent technology in the trucking industry can help avoid accidents by identifying driver hazards. Cameras scan a truck’s surroundings to detect any unsafe activities like speeding or distracted driving, helping prevent accidents.
Trucking companies can also save money on maintenance costs through predictive maintenance, which uses real-time operational data to predict when machines will break down and schedule repairs accordingly – saving on emergency repair bills that often incur high charges.
Data quality is at the core of successful predictive analytics. Data cleaning removes errors and inconsistencies in the data, which machine learning algorithms rely upon in making predictions or decisions. Data labeling is another component of this process – it involves adding meaningful labels to unlabeled records in an attempt to provide greater accuracy for machine learning algorithms.
Vehicle Safety
AI can make driving safer through self-driving cars, smart navigation services, predictive maintenance programs or fuel efficiency measures; but due to rapid advances in AI-powered technologies it can be challenging to draft laws that regulate how these technologies work while protecting driver privacy.
At our core lies our models’ capability of quickly detecting and assessing external risks surrounding a vehicle, then immediately fusing this information together. This is made possible because our models run directly onboard without needing to collect data for transmission to a server and back.
As a result, AI systems provide vital and timely alerts in real time to keep fleet drivers, pedestrians, animals and truckloads safe by acting as an extremely useful sixth sense when we are sleepy or distracted – as well as helping safety systems to detect the most risky driving behaviors even when drivers don’t pay attention.