Cars autopilot developed by Google that can run without the driver having an accident was reported last week. The news was first reported by Jalopnik, a blogger who posted photographs on its website the accident scene on Friday (08/05/2011) then.
The accident of autopilot cars occurred at the headquarters of Google in Google's Mountain View, California
Responding to the reaction of Google, Chris Matyszczyk from CNET question it. "While Google wants us to believe that the accident was caused by human error, but a spokesman did not declare in gambalng if there are no errors at all. So, someone was driving the car manually. But no statement that the person is exactly what makes a mistake. Or real blame lies with the car. "
He asked Google to give more information. Cars autopilot Google uses a combination of video cameras, radar sensors and a laser seeker to find another car. According to the Google software engineer, Sebastian Thrun, in a blog post, 2010, the car relies on Google Maps and Earth to navvigasi.
Google is planning to put a human being or a car driver in this on autopilot. With the ability of the car, claimed that the driver can drive more safely, even after driving for so long and sleepy.
Had this accident occurred due to errors in software, this one must note the failure of Google. But if not, it's just a common problem because according to a statement a Google spokesman, this car has traveled 250 thousand miles automatically without incident.