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CNET News - New AWD Tesla Model S P85D features 'autopilot' system

2014-10-10
so we've been able to accelerate autopilot and and bring it bring its market faster than originally anticipated it consists of four parts the first part is the long-range radar which you can see through basically anything and then the next element is a camera with the image recognition so it's able to read stop signs distinguish pedestrians look at traffic lights and and also serve as a backup system to the radar the third system is 360 degree a long-range ultra sonic sonar so this this this basically establishes a protective cocoon around the vehicle and it will attempt to make whatever the sort of smart move is from a safety standpoint looking at the ultrasonics and then the final element is integrating that with the navigation and to basically GPS system and real-time traffic so we integrate those four systems and the car can do almost anything but it is at this stage still what we call autopilot as opposed to what autonomous so that even though the cars are capable of being autonomous the the level of safety and redundancy is not quite there for full autonomy so it's not at the level where you could safely fall asleep and arrive at your destination okay because that may be what you wearing so we're able to obviously do lane keeping on freeways do automatic cruise control active emergency braking so that it'll break if it sees any object that you're going to collide with little self park so you'll be automatic parallel parking automatically going to a garage in fact it would when you'll get home you actually be able to just step out of the car and have it park itself in your garage including it'll it'll open the door and it'll go in and park itself you can actually some the Cardinal the car will come to wherever you are and it'll it'll it'll use the ultrasonic sense is kind of like a insect antenna because it can it can detect even small soft objects with the the ultras with with the ultrasonics and and just it'll sort of slowly make its way to you and then it stopped and be ready to go it can actually go even a step beyond that which is if you have if you have your calendar turned on it'll it'll meet you there okay and so if you if you're getting ready to go to work something and it knows so you're going to need to leave half an hour before work you can say okay I'd like it to just come out and have the air conditioning done and everything done your music playing everything's just ready to go and we'll just come in and be there
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