Intel is developing a regulatory system for autonomous vehicles.

Technology chipmaker Intel is planning to develop a traffic rules system for autonomous cars. On October 17, local time, Intel announced that Intel and its subsidiary Mobileye have jointly developed a rule system for self-driving cars. When a traffic accident occurs, the system will ensure that the self-driving car is in compliance with the rules and will not be chased. responsibility.

The system was named “Mobileye Responsibility-Sensitive Safety System” (RSS) and was led by Mobileye CEO and Intel Senior Vice President Amnon Shashua. Published papers.

Mobileye is Israel's automatic driving technology company. In March of this year, it was acquired by Intel for a total consideration of 15.3 billion U.S. dollars. Previously, Mobileye was also Tesla's supplier of automated driving technology. With the commercialization of Tesla, Mobileye's automatic driving technology is more familiar to the public. However, the two parties announced their separation in the middle of last year.

Thesis screenshot: Professor Amnon Shashua is Mobileye CEO and Intel Senior Vice President, Shai Shalev-Shwartz is his colleague

Dan Galves, vice president of Mobileye, once said, "Any self-driving car may be involved in a traffic accident, but once a car accident occurs, the public will always blame the robot." This time Intel launched the RSS system, which is specially designed for the common driving of machines and humans. Various confusions that may be caused.

The RSS system is divided into the following aspects: 1. A set of preset rules that can quickly and conclusively determine the liability of an accident when a self-driving car collides with a human driving car; 2. A formal accident model that can Decision software is allowed to make decisions to avoid accidents caused by the autopilot system, and at the same time it must be validated in an effective manner. 3. For the demonstration of safety standards, the system can verify three orders of magnitude improvement in safety. According to statistics, the average human driving time per million hours will result in a traffic accident, and the unmanned duration is every one billion hours.

Safe distance calculation formula

According to a report by Bloomberg on October 18, the RSS system was mathematically modeled based on almost all the traffic accidents recorded by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration of the United States, in order to calculate quantifiable "safety regulations" that can be used for self-driving cars. According to Intel, if this set of specifications can be widely used, the accident liability of all parties in a traffic accident will be clarified.

For example, under Intel's standard, a self-driving car will pass through a parked car at a sufficiently slow speed to ensure that even if a pedestrian suddenly appears from behind the car, it can stop in time to avoid collision. This calculation is not difficult. Based on the maximum walking speed model, the safety distance is calculated to adjust the speed so that the car can stop far enough when it encounters a sudden pedestrian.

If a human driver rushes into a self-driving car and causes a self-driving car to rush to the end, the standard can also show who is the real fault. At present, self-driving cars are the research and development direction of major technology companies and car companies. Under the different R&D technologies of different companies, it is very important how to establish a common multi-faceted industry standard.

According to Bloomberg's report, if Intel's standard can be widely adopted by the automotive industry, both car suppliers and policy makers will provide the basis for the development of this standard and ensure that these rules are complied with. The technology website Engadget said that the important thing about Intel's system is that while a self-driving car cannot prevent all collisions, it can be used without collision and without any human drivers. (Original title: Original title: Intel sets safety rules for self-driving cars: Avoid backing in traffic accidents)