Renault brings driverless control system closer to reality

By CARSIFU | 7 November 2017


PARIS: Renault announced today it has developed an autonomous control system that can handle challenging driving scenarios.

In an industry first, the system can demonstrate road obstacle avoidance and match those skills performed by professional test drivers at the wheel. The tests were conducted at the Renault Open Innovation Lab – Silicon Valley in the United States, using a Renault Zoe called Callie.

The lab is part of the network within the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance and is focused on improving safety and advancing autonomous driving technology.



The advancements announced were tested against professional test drivers, Will support Groupe Renault’s goal of becoming one of the first brands to offer widely available "Mind Off" technology on mainstream vehicles and deploy fleets of robo-vehicles

The basis for this work comes from research published by Stanford University's Dynamic Design Lab (led by Professor Chris Gerdes, former Chief Innovation Officer for the US Department of Transportation), with which Renault Open Innovation Lab has been working with.

Renault said the innovation would contribute to the launch of over 15 Renault models with different levels of autonomous driving capabilities by 2022.

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