Foundation of Safe Autonomous Systems

安全自治系统的基础

• 批准号: RGPIN-2017-06002
• 负责人: Lawford, Mark
• 金额: $ 1.68万
• 依托单位: McMaster University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2017-01-01 至 2018-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=634297
• 关键词: Foundation; Safe; Autonomous; Systems

Autonomous systems are about to make the jump to main stream commercial products that will be encounter by the public in their daily lives in the form of autonomous vehicles, delivery drones, etc. Semi autonomous vehicle features such as Tesla's autopilot and GM's Supercruise are already in widespread use. Elon Musk has gone so far as to claim that the Tesla ``Autopilot'' is safer than human drivers based upon the fact that over 100 million autopilot miles were driven before the first recorded fatality. While the safety of autonomous vehicles relative to human drivers is currently debatable, there is no doubt that such autonomous systems have the potential to deliver tremendous benefits. That said, they will only gain the public acceptance that would allow their widespread use if they are designed to be acceptably safe and reliable.

自动驾驶系统即将跃升为主流商业产品，公众将在日常生活中以自动驾驶汽车、送货无人机等形式遇到这些产品。特斯拉的自动驾驶和通用汽车的Suercruise等半自动驾驶汽车功能已经得到广泛使用。埃隆·马斯克甚至声称，特斯拉的自动驾驶比人类驾驶更安全，因为在第一起有记录的死亡事件之前，自动驾驶的行驶里程超过1亿英里。虽然自动驾驶汽车相对于人类司机的安全性目前仍有争议，但毫无疑问，这种自动驾驶系统有可能带来巨大的好处。尽管如此，只有在设计成可接受的安全和可靠的情况下，它们才能获得公众的接受，从而允许它们的广泛使用。