Canadian engineers have developed an algorithm to limit injuries and damage in accidents involving AVs . Their model prescriptive control ( AVs ) Waterloo University analyses available options and chooses the best action. The engineers said they had considered an AV’s traffic environment including pedestrians, other vehicles and other objects. Khajepour , a director of the Mechatronics Vehicle Systems Lab at MPC , said, however, that an AV could not completely eliminate accidents. He said safety would improve, but AVs would face too many uncertainties to handle them all. Khajepour said the system could be installed when ethical regulations for AVs had been agreed.
Canadian engineers have developed an algorithm to limit injuries and damage in accidents involving AVs. Their model prescriptive control (MPC) algorithm analyses available options and chooses the best action. The engineers said they had considered an AV’s traffic environment including pedestrians, other vehicles and other objects. Amir Khajepour, a director of the Mechatronics Vehicle Systems Lab at Waterloo University, said, however, that an AV could not completely eliminate accidents. He said safety would improve, but AVs would face too many uncertainties to handle them all. Khajepour said the system could be installed when ethical regulations for AVs had been agreed.