Canadian engineers have developed an algorithm to limit injuries and deaths in accidents involving AVs . Their model prescriptive control ( MPC ) algorithm considers available options and chooses the best action . “That is our focus.” The engineers said they had considered an AV ’s traffic environment including people , 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 .
Canadian engineers have developed an algorithm to limit injuries and deaths in accidents involving AVs . Their model prescriptive control ( MPC ) algorithm considers available options and chooses the best action . The engineers said they had considered an AV ’s traffic environment including people , 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 .