Toyota Research Institute Toyota Research Institute showed another breakthrough in the group's autonomous driving technology, giving people a glimpse of the driving ability of future unmanned vehicles, TRI through the programming, successfully allowed the test vehicle to complete the operation of drifting around obstacles on the closed track, which is the world's first self-driving initiative. Drifting a self-driving car is not just a showmanship, but the hope that the system can dodge danger in an emergency.
Toyota Research Institute TRI combines a deep understanding of vehicle dynamics and control design, using nonlinear Model Predictive Control nonlinear model predictive control to strengthen the vehicle's ability to master the ultimate performance. Some people may wonder why unmanned vehicles need to drift, and driving on general roads should not allow similar high-risk driving behavior. TRI will develop this technology, mainly in the hope that unmanned vehicles can also have the ability to cope with emergencies and harsh road conditions, such as when pressing through black ice during travel and causing loss of control, they can also perform drift operations to avoid accidents as much as possible.
Avinash Balachandran, senior manager of TRI's Human-Driven Driving Institute, said that TRI's goal is to use advanced technology to assist and empower humans, not to replace it. Through this program, TRI redefines the "controllable range" of unmanned vehicles, so that ordinary drivers who have not been trained in professional training can also have the ability of professional drivers to avoid dangers in the face of emergencies. About 1.35 million people die in traffic accidents worldwide each year, and most of them actually occur in ordinary road conditions, but there are still a few extreme situations that require driving to operate beyond the general limit.
About a year ago, TRI partnered with the Power Design Laboratory at Stanford University to create a new level of active safety systems that help avoid car accidents and prevent accident casualties. With the help of car performance modification expert GReddy and legendary drift driver Shikenshiro, a self-driving car capable of drifting was finally born. One day, even ordinary people will not need to panic when they encounter an emergency situation that causes uncontrolled drift on slippery roads, because the active safety system will intervene to control and assist the driver to restore control of the vehicle, thus avoiding possible accidents.