The second wheel is a back-up.
Specialists Toyota testing self-driving car with two steering wheels, equipped with the latest lidar.
A second wheel located in front of the passenger seat, will allow, if necessary, to take the driver over.
Thus the company intends to solve the problem of control of Autonomous vehicles during a public test as required by the authorities of some American States.
The autopilot system is divided into two groups – the chauffeur and assistant. The first group is an Autonomous operation of the vehicle. The latter mode providing the real driver, the autopilot will only correct the movement of the vehicle.
In parallel, the developers are working on creating artificial intelligence, which intend to demonstrate in 2020.
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