Unmanned vehicles of "Yandex" were tested for the first time in the snow near Moscow

It seems that the creation of its own autopilot from Yandex is in full swing. Recently, experts creating unmanned driving technology for the Russian search giant, tested a taxi with an autopilot on a snowy road and in a snowstorm on one of the Moscow subway routes.

This stage of testing is very important for unmanned vehicles that will travel along Russian roads. In winter, often can not see the markup, which is one of the main reference points for the autopilot. In addition, it was important to find out how the cars behave on a slippery road. Falling snow also made the task more difficult, as it significantly hampered visibility, causing problems with recognizing road signs.

Two cars Toyota Prius obveshali sensors, connected them to the system, modified the control system of cars, but the tests are still at the earliest stage. Specialists still have to study the behavior of drone on the snow and ice, identify the features and problems, and then again to finalize.

"In the winter, snow falls and the roads are covered with ice, which creates difficulties not only for ordinary drivers, but also for unmanned vehicles. For example, for cameras in a car, the picture is white, which makes it difficult to determine the road, and it is difficult or impossible to consider a snow-marked road marking. Additional difficulties arise when reading road signs, for example, in conditions of snowfall. In addition, on an ice-covered or snow-covered road the machine behaves differently, which also requires a separate adjustment of the algorithms that determine its movement. To make an unmanned vehicle a mass product, we need to be able to cope with all these challenges, and we have begun work on this, "the Yandex press service writes.

Journalists are not allowed to self-governing cars, and employees of the company, who were lucky enough to test the technology, are silent, so no one knows about the filling and features of the autopilot, even Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, whom unmanned taxis showed earlier.

The article is based on materials https://hi-news.ru/technology/bespilotnye-avto-yandeksa-vpervye-protestirovali-v-snegu-podmoskovya.html.