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UNIVERSITY of WALES, NEWPORTBSc(Hons),HND Civil& Construction Engineering Name:Subject:HighwayEngineering& TransportationIndividual assignmentModule Code:G107304Module Tutor:Chris Laurence Assignment Number:2Assignment Title:Driverless carsSet Date:10thJanuary 2013Return Date:7thMarch 2013Assignment Tasks:See attached sheetTechnical Grade:Learning Outcomes?The various modes of transport and transport networks?The safety implications of road traffic?The economical,safety,and environmental effect of transport
Technical Assessment Criteria:BSc(Hons) Technical Assessment Criteria:A16-A14A report showing excellent presentation, comparison and discussion, highlighting excellent research skills.Excellent examples and self interpretation of case studies showing critical thought with own conclusions.B13-B11A report showing very good presentation, comparison and discussion, highlighting very good research skills.Very good examples and self interpretation of case studies showing critical thought with own conclusions.C10-C8A report showing good presentation, comparison and discussion, highlighting good research skills.Good examples and self interpretation of case studies showing critical thought with own conclusions.D7-D5A report showing satisfactory presentation, comparison and discussion, highlighting satisfactory research skills.Satisfactory examples and self interpretation of case studies showing critical thought with own conclusions.E4A report showing unsatisfactory presentation, comparison and discussion, highlighting poor research skills.Unsatisfactory examples and self interpretation of case studies showing poor critical thought without own conclusions.
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UNIVERSITY of WALES, NEWPORT BSc(Hons), HND Civil & Construction Engineering Name: Subject: Highway Engineering & Transportation Individual assignment Module Code: G107304 Module Tutor: Chris Laurence Assignment Number: 2 Assignment Title: Driverless cars th Set Date: 10 January 2013 th Return Date: 7 March 2013 Assignment Tasks: See attached sheet Technical Grade: Learning Outcomes ? The various modes of transport and transport networks ? The safety implications of road traffic ? The economical, safety, and environmental effect of transportTechnical Assessment Criteria: BSc(Hons) Technical Assessment Criteria: A16-A14 A report showing excellent presentation, comparison and discussion, highlighting excellent research skills. Excellent examples and self interpretation of case studies showing critical thought with own conclusions. B13-B11 A report showing very good presentation, comparison and discussion, highlighting very good research skills. Very good examples and self interpretation of case studies showing critical thought with own conclusions. C10-C8 A report showing good presentation, comparison and discussion, highlighting good research skills. Good examples and self interpretation of case studies showing critical thought with own conclusions. D7-D5 A report showing satisfactory presentation, comparison and discussion, highlighting satisfactory research skills. Satisfactory examples and self interpretation of case studies showing critical thought with own conclusions. E4 A report showing unsatisfactory presentation, comparison and discussion, highlighting poor research skills. Unsatisfactory examples and self interpretation of case studies showing poor critical thought without own conclusions.HND Technical Assessment Criteria: A16-A14 A report showing excellent presentation, comparison and...

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BRIEFING NOTE
PRESENTED TO TRANSPORT MINISTER IN THE WALSE GOVERNMENT
ISSUE: AID TO SET UP SUPPLY FACILITY OF FORD BRIDGEND IN WALES
Introduction to driverless cars:
A driverless car or an autonomous car, sometimes also called as robotic car is a car capable of
maneuvering on its own without any human intervention. It uses advanced technologies like
GPS, Radar, Lidar and lasers to sense its su
oundings and run on the road. Many companies
and institutions like Google, Toyota, Audi, Lexus, Oxford University and Stanford University
have already developed working prototypes of autonomous vehicles. Google has come a long
way in this field with successful testing of a number of vehicles.
Historical background:
The history of autonomous cars goes back to the Futuruma Exhibition hosted by General Motors
which envisioned electronic circuits embedded in the highways to control electronic cars. The
1980
s
saw a significant rise in the technologies for autonomous driving. Ernst Dickmanns and his
group built automated cars which averaged to 96kmph on streets with minimal traffic. The
technologies used were saccadic vision, kalman filters and parallel computing. This also lead to a
funding of 800 million Euros from the European Commission towards research on automated
vehicles. A major
eakthrough came in 1991 when US passed the ISTEA Transportation
Authorization Bill which included coming up with an ‘automated vehicle and highway system’
y 1997. In 1994, vehicles ‘VAMP’ and ‘VITA-2’ drove up to 130 kmph on a Paris 3-lane
highway with limited human intervention.
Since 2000, many autonomous and semi-autonomous vehicles are being used in military and
industries like mining. But fully automated passenger transit system is still in its development
stage although significant work has been done in the field.
Technologies used:
 Anti-lock Brakes: One of the most basic driverless systems cu
ently in use is the anti-
lock
akes. Although anti-lock
akes need human to work but they are categorized as
automated because they replace the human effort of continuously pumping the
akes. In
a car without anti-lock
akes, the driver has to pump the
ake...
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