What is an Autonomous Vehicle?
An Autonomous Vehicle (AV), is commonly known as a "driverless car" or "self-driving car", and is currently under development by many automotive manufacturers and technology companies. The development stage is still early and thus many safety and performance concerns have been raised by both the public and governmental / regulatory agencies. Whereas the navigational system of such cars has advanced greatly over the last 50 years, introducing and using specialty technologies such as radar, sonar, LIDAR, LADAR, GPS and optical AI-enhanced image processing, the EES still has great developmental potential, which is what we at AutonomEES specialize in.
The Next Level: Introducing EES with AI
EES, the Energy Exchange System of the Autonomous Vehicle is the electic-to-mechanical conversion from the battery to rotary energy that goes into the actuators that rotate the wheels, effectively controlling the movement of the car. When this system becomes smart, especially if every part of it is smart, empowered by AI, a massive performance technological leap is attainable, and is a pre-requisite to cope with the current safety requirements and demands.
A simple example from our everyday life can illustrate this point: stepping on a lego brick - the human muscle is able to stop the movement, retract the foot, curl it, and bring the sensory systems to identify and pay immediate attention to the obstacle that was completely missed by the "human navigation system" - the small lego brick. In a much similar fashion, our AI-empowered actuators can react, adjust, and communicate additional information to the navigation system, thus increasing the performance of the full autonomous system greatly.
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