Presented By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)
SAFETY OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES: TECHNOLOGY AND POLICY
Edwin Olson, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at U of M
Dr. Edwin Olson is Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at U-M and Co-Director for Autonomous Driving Development at Toyota Research Institute. He received his Ph.D. from MIT in 2008 for work in robotic mapping. At U-M, he directs the APRIL Robotics Laboratory. At U-M’s Transportation Research Institute (TRI), he helps lead the creation of next-generation autonomous cars and safety systems.
While 35,000 people died last year in the United States as a result of automobile accidents, it is not the case that humans are bad drivers. Humans are astonishingly good drivers, and we set a high bar for an autonomous alternative. In this talk, Dr. Olson describes some of the challenges—why is driving so difficult for computers? How do we successfully marry autonomous technology to its human users? How do we know when an autonomous car is safe enough?
This is the fourth of a six-lecture series. The subject is The Future of Transportation: Don’t Turn in Your Car Keys Yet!
While 35,000 people died last year in the United States as a result of automobile accidents, it is not the case that humans are bad drivers. Humans are astonishingly good drivers, and we set a high bar for an autonomous alternative. In this talk, Dr. Olson describes some of the challenges—why is driving so difficult for computers? How do we successfully marry autonomous technology to its human users? How do we know when an autonomous car is safe enough?
This is the fourth of a six-lecture series. The subject is The Future of Transportation: Don’t Turn in Your Car Keys Yet!
Cost
- $10 for an individual lecture, payable at the door, checks preferred. $30 for six-lecture series, plus OLLI membership ($20).
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