European researchers on the CyberCars2 project have developed new control systems that let driverless vehicles communicate and cooperate with each other. These real-time control systems create platooning capabilities, allowing the vehicles to travel 0.3 seconds apart. For comparison, the automated system at Heathrow Airport spaces its cars six seconds apart. As for safety, ICT Results reports that the vehicles are designed with safety first: “If the communication network breaks down, the vehicles revert to ‘line of sight’ procedures; they will not cross intersections, for example, unless they visually detect that the coast is clear.” Link to full story in ICT Results.
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