WHAT IS AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE?
An autonomous vehicle is a safe vehicle. It requires no human driver to operate, so you are transported to your destination by a system that never gets tired, distracted, or upset. It’s aware of its surroundings in 360 degrees and detects details that even the most experienced human drivers will miss.
We began developing our autonomous vehicle system in early 2017, and have been working with world-class engineers to test them on the road since December 2017. Our technology can be applied to any kind of vehicle, making travel safer and more accessible to all.
We began developing our autonomous vehicle system in early 2017, and have been working with world-class engineers to test them on the road since December 2017. Our technology can be applied to any kind of vehicle, making travel safer and more accessible to all.
HOW A YANDEX DRIVERLESS CAR SEES THE WORLD
Cameras, RADAR, and LIDAR systems scan the vehicle’s surroundings in 360 degrees, perfectly distinguishing road markings, traffic signs, vehicles, people, animals, and all other elements in the environment. The vehicle uses this information to predict how other objects will move, then determines its own route through the same space.
Cameras
Cameras point in every direction from the car, acquiring visual information about traffic signals, road surface markings, and beyond. This helps the car form a better overall picture of its surroundings than a human ever could.
LIDAR
LIDAR systems emit laser beams while rotating 360 degrees. By measuring the time it takes for a laser to bounce off an object and return to the sensor, they produce a highly accurate 3D model of the environment.
RADAR
Radar monitors the car’s surroundings, measuring its proximity to other objects, as well as how fast those objects are moving. Using radio waves, the radar system can «see» objects up to 300 meters away, especially important for vehicles traveling at a high rate of speed.
Software
The car’s internal software operates as the brain of the system. LIDAR, radar, and cameras can only monitor objects and report their input. But software that runs machine learning and artificial intelligence algorithms can determine what the input actually is, then set a safe speed and plot a corresponding route. In the very near future, you will be able to call a self-driving taxi to your location using Yandex.Taxi.
Cameras, RADAR, and LIDAR systems scan the vehicle’s surroundings in 360 degrees, perfectly distinguishing road markings, traffic signs, vehicles, people, animals, and all other elements in the environment. The vehicle uses this information to predict how other objects will move, then determines its own route through the same space.
Cameras
Cameras point in every direction from the car, acquiring visual information about traffic signals, road surface markings, and beyond. This helps the car form a better overall picture of its surroundings than a human ever could.
LIDAR
LIDAR systems emit laser beams while rotating 360 degrees. By measuring the time it takes for a laser to bounce off an object and return to the sensor, they produce a highly accurate 3D model of the environment.
RADAR
Radar monitors the car’s surroundings, measuring its proximity to other objects, as well as how fast those objects are moving. Using radio waves, the radar system can «see» objects up to 300 meters away, especially important for vehicles traveling at a high rate of speed.
Software
The car’s internal software operates as the brain of the system. LIDAR, radar, and cameras can only monitor objects and report their input. But software that runs machine learning and artificial intelligence algorithms can determine what the input actually is, then set a safe speed and plot a corresponding route. In the very near future, you will be able to call a self-driving taxi to your location using Yandex.Taxi.
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We invite you to participate in creating the self-driving vehicles that will change the way the world moves. We dare to challenge the long-established model for how people interact with cars, and demonstrate by example that new technologies can make autonomous travel perfectly safe.
Dmitry Polishchuk
CEO of Yandex Self-Driving Group
Artem Fokin
Head of Business Development
Anton Slesarev
Head of Engineering
Pavel Vorobiev
Head of Product