Mercedes-Benz inches closer to fully automated driving
 

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<div style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><sma ll>Mercedes-Benz automated test driver setup - Click above for high-res image gallery</small></strong></em></div>
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Working on autonomous vehicle systems is all the rage lately, and <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/mercedes-benz/">Mercedes-Benz</a> is no exception. Most of the work has been going within research groups and as part of competitions like the DARPA Urban Challenge. Mercedes-Benz has moved its automated driving work over to driver-assistance test groups. It's using the automation technology to evaluate crash avoidance systems without putting test drivers and engineers at risk. <br />
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By using its autopilot systems, the test maneuvers can be reproduced much more consistently. This isn't the first time that such systems have been employed in testing. <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/Chrysler/">Chrysler</a> built an <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en &geocode=&q=chelsea+provi ng+ground&sll=42.239178,-83.647879&sspn=0.007768,0 .016437&ie=UTF8&hq=chelse a+proving+ground&hnear=&l l=42.261526,-84.043071&spn=0.007766,0. 016437&t=h&z=16">Automate d Durability Road (ADR)</a> at its Chelsea Proving Ground in the mid-1990s. The ADR used robotic drivers for accelerated durability testing over extremely difficult surfaces. <br />
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In both cases, the automakers can do far more extreme testing than would be possible with human drivers. Among the things Mercedes will be testing for is unintentional airbag deployments when driving over curbs, and detection of high-speed merging traffic or sudden braking. <br />
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<div class="postgallery"><p><s trong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/mercedes-benz-autopilot/low/">Mercedes-Benz Autopilot</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/mercedes-benz-autopilot/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/05/ad10c51001_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/mercedes-benz-autopilot/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/05/ad10c44601_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/mercedes-benz-autopilot/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/05/ad10c51004_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/mercedes-benz-autopilot/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/05/ad10c51003_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/mercedes-benz-autopilot/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/05/ad10c51002_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><br />
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