Vehicles that really need technology 'auto pilot' is a truck. Can you imagine how tired truckers to sit for hours a distance of tens of kilometers while keeping fuel consumption remains economical. That's what lies behind the Mercedes-Benz decided entire autonomous technology available to the Future Truck 2025 on his prototypes. The future of the truck revealed in Magdeburg, Germany recently.
Future Truck is a prototype test vehicle autonomous driving technology made from a base of new Mercedes-Benz Actros 1845. Engine has an output of 449 hp with 2,200 Nm of torque transmission combined 12-speed PowerShift 3 automated.
Technology 'self-driving' named 'Highway Pilot' took advantage of four radar sensors and WiFi communication that makes this vehicle is claimed as the most advanced autonomous vehicle on the face of the earth.
Under the radar sensors in the front bumper, scan the road conditions ahead up to a distance of 250 meters with a 18 degree wide openings. In addition, there is again a short distance sensor that is able to 'see' up to 70 meters with openings 130 degrees.
Both of these sensors serves to provide input data for the Proximity Control Assist that helps to estimate the distance to the object in front and, Emergency Braking Assist, which is already available on the standard truck.
Both the proximity sensor, still assisted stereo camera in front of the work up to a distance of 100 meters and a swept area of up to 45 degrees horizontally and 27 degrees vertically.
By using software that is no less sophisticated, this camera is able to identify lane road, pedestrians, static or moving objects, road signs, including the condition of the road surface.
In addition, there's more radar 170 degrees on either side of the cabin is capable of scanning up to 60 meters in both directions.
The data obtained from all sensors are then analyzed by multi-core processors in high-performance computer center to provide a view around the truck simultaneously.
To be compatible with the planned inter-vehicle communication technology, the truck has been fitted well with V2V (vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication) network and V2I (Vehicle-to-Infrastctruure) to reveal the whereabouts and intentions of the vehicle at a radius of 500 meters using WiFi.
The entire system works together to create a fully autonomous trucks in the world.
Once the 'Highway Pilot' is activated, the driver can rotate the bench as much as 45 degrees, in order to do other work or rest, while he was driving the truck continues to run utilizing the GPS data and its sophisticated systems.
For security reasons, the truck driver is not allowed to move from my seat, even though it has the ability to drive the vehicle by itself. It will also be detected by the system through a camera and a load sensor on the seat pedestal.
Although trucks can run itself and adapt to traffic, the vehicle can not precede the other vehicles and changing lanes when the road forked.
Future Truck driver will receive notice when approaching the area or when approaching a toll booth that is relevant to the intended route for the driver to take over control.
According to Dr. Wolfgang Bernhard as the Board of Management of Daimler, "If the legislative framework for autonomous driving can be made immediately, the launch of Highway Pilot is expected to materialize in the middle of the next decade."
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