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earthquake so it can drive across that bridge to ensure it behaves properly ,” reasons Fritz . “ Yet , if you ' re in San Francisco and want to buy an autonomous vehicle , that ' s an important consideration .”
Region-specific scenarios like this may not happen very often but , when they do , the implications are potentially serious and need to be validated . Many of these are too unsafe or just too difficult to do in a physical vehicle , which is what makes the use of a digital twin so vital .
“ Driving students are taught to watch out for pedestrians crossing the road between cars , we ’ ve all been through that standard process ,” reasons Fritz . “ If we take that process and identify 50 things you ’ ve got to learn , we can begin to set up the scenarios for autonomous vehicles that can deliver timeless learnings applicable in all regional settings . Sure , there are many thousands of potential variants of scenarios , but a new driver does not need to experience them all before getting a learner ’ s permit . What we are saying is that there should be a reasonable set of unsafe and practical scenarios that must be navigated virtually for an autonomous vehicle to earn its learner ’ s permit .”
Smart Cities Outside of the Middle East - Neom in Saudia Arabia and Masdar in the UAE being recent examples - there are very few cities that can be built smart from the ground up . In most cities across the globe it ’ s a case of brownfield development notes Chandra .
“ It ’ s important to accurately diagnose the current status of the system before you can implement change . You might want to deploy autonomous shuttles across Paris , but
" WHAT WE ARE SAYING IS THAT THERE SHOULD BE A REASONABLE SET OF UNSAFE AND PRACTICAL SCENARIOS THAT MUST BE NAVIGATED VIRTUALLY FOR AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE TO EARN ITS LEARNER ’ S PERMIT "
DAVID FRITZ
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