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Autonomous Driving

AUTHORS

Autonomous driving increases the requirements
on testing systems. WKS Informatik developed an
Andreea Solomon Ronald Kaempf
integrated solution that can be used for very first is Product Manager for RTStand/ is CEO at WKS
Tube Analyzer at WKS Informatik Informatik GmbH in
prototypes as well as for the end-of-line testing. GmbH in Ravensburg (Germany). Ravensburg (Germany).

DRIVE SAVELY health and vehicle insurance. Moreover, roads. That’s what harnessing technol-
up to 50 min of commuting time could ogy for good can look like. But we have
There are many benefits which autono- be freed up, parking space could be to get it right [2].”
mous cars would bring into everyday reduce by billions of square metres and In order to get it right, several technical
life. According to McKinsey estimations many disabled persons would be facili- concerns about the safety of driverless
[1], autonomous vehicles in a widespread tated with increased mobility. cars need to be no longer an issue. The
use, would eliminate up to 90 % of In 2016, then-president Obama pub- US Department of Transportation released
crashes, thus reducing not only the num- lished an article explaining the US gov- in 2016 a 15 point checklist to serve as
ber of human victims, which is one of ernment support for autonomous driv- guideline for self-driving car manufactur-
the main goals of autonomous driving, ing, stating that: “Safer, more accessible ers. In addition to ethical and law issues,
but also saving enormous costs on driving. Less congested, less polluted one of the 15 points reffers to one of the
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