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1 Self-Driving Vehicles in the Park Bryant Walker Smith Center for Internet and Society Center for Automotive Research cyberlaw.stanford.edu/about/people/bryant-walker-smith
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Self-Driving
Vehicles in the Park
Bryant Walker Smith
Center for Internet and Society
Center for Automotive Research
cyberlaw.stanford.edu/about/people/bryant-walker-smith
A robot by any other name
Self-driving
Driverless
Automatic
Automated
Autonomous
Autonomated
Robotic
Robotic
Unmanned
….
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Not your father’s Oldsmobile
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Automated car-tography
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Real-time sensing performed by the…
Driver
Vehicle
Environment
Evolving and revolving
Driver
Environ-ment
Vehicle
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Antilock brakes
Cruise control
Stability control
Park assist
Adaptive CC
Lanekeeping
Obstacle detection
…
…
Fully automated
vehicles
Pavement markings
Traffic signals
Actuated signals
Traffic radio
Dynamic signs
GPS navigation
(DSRC)
…
…
Connected
vehicles
Connected and automated
Evolving and revolving
Driver
Environ-ment
Vehicle
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Antilock brakes
Cruise control
Stability control
Park assist
Adaptive CC
Lanekeeping
Obstacle detection
…
…
Fully automated
vehicles
Pavement markings
Traffic signals
Actuated signals
Traffic radio
Dynamic signs
GPS navigation
(DSRC)
…
…
Connected
vehicles
Connected and automated
Look Ma: No hands! But:
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Laser
Laser Cameras
(GPS)
Radar Inertial sensors
Plus: A highly detailed and coded roadway map
A different kind of MAP-21
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Source: Google
Generally speaking
Driver Assistance
Systems (Production)
Highly Automated
Vehicles (Research)
Examples Numerous optional or
standard packages
Many automakers,
universities, Google
Radar/camera Yes Yes
Laser No Yes
Roadway map No Yes
V2V/V2I communication No No*
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Evolving and revolving
Driver
Environ-ment
Vehicle
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Antilock brakes
Cruise control
Stability control
Park assist
Adaptive CC
Lanekeeping
Obstacle detection
…
…
Fully automated
vehicles
Pavement markings
Traffic signals
Actuated signals
Traffic radio
Dynamic signs
GPS navigation
(DSRC)
…
…
Connected
vehicles
Connected and automated
Evolving and revolving
Driver
Environ-ment
Vehicle
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Antilock brakes
Cruise control
Stability control
Park assist
Adaptive CC
Lanekeeping
Obstacle detection
…
…
Fully automated
vehicles
Pavement markings
Traffic signals
Actuated signals
Traffic radio
Dynamic signs
GPS navigation
(DSRC)
…
…
Connected
vehicles
Connected and fully automated
You talkin’ to me?
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Source: USDOT ITS JPO
V2V
V2I
Dedicated to DSRC?
FCC allocated the 5.850-5.925 GHz band
for ITS-specific “dedicated short-range
communications” in the United States
Potential uses: Look-ahead warnings,
collision avoidance, signal prioritization, toll
payment, traffic information, platoons….
NHTSA decision on next steps for vehicle
communication is (over?)due in 2013
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What’s law got to do with it?
Regulation
Legality, standards, licensing, rules of the road
Compensation
Liability, reputation, insurance
Information
Data, privacy, security, IP
Preparation
Socioeconomics
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Questions!
Uncertainty about:
Technology
Deployment
Law
Effects
Responsibility
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