[New post] Google’s self-driving cars drive three million miles a day, without leaving the lab

Ben Lovejoy posted: " Google's self-driving cars have notched up almost 1.5 million miles in autonomous mode since the project began in 2009 – but they drive twice as many miles every single day in the lab. Google's latest monthly report reveals that every software change " Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on 9to5Google Google’s self-driving cars drive three million miles a day, without leaving the lab by Ben Lovejoy Google's self-driving cars have notched up almost 1.5 million miles in autonomous mode since the project began in 2009 – but they drive twice as many miles every single day in the lab. Google's latest monthly report reveals that every software change is tested by using it to simulate driving the entire driving history of the fleet, autonomous and manual. One benefit of teaching a computer to drive is that it has great memory and recall. With our simulator, we're able to call upon the millions of miles we've already driven and drive those miles again with the updated software. For example, to make left turns at an intersection more comfortable for our passengers, we modified our software to adjust the angle at which our cars would travel. To test this change, we then rerun our entire driving history of 2+ million miles with the new turning pattern to ensure that it doesn't just make our car better at left turns, but that the changes creates a better driving experience overall ... Read more of this post Ben Lovejoy | February 2, 2016 at 4:08 am | Tags: Google, Google Self-driving car, Google self-driving cars, Self-driving cars, Simulation | Categories: Self-Driving Car, X | URL: http://wp.me/p1w6tN-y2i Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from 9to5Google. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://9to5google.com/2016/02/02/google-self-driving-cars-simulations/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com