Intelligent Co-Pilot Helps You Avoid a Crash

Get Inside the Science:

• Mechanical engineers develop an "intelligent co-pilot" for cars
• Shared Human-Machine Control of an Unmanned Ground Vehicle
• Robotic Mobility Group

Inside Science Buzzwords:

1. Semiautonomous - Providing some power to act independently. The “intelligent co-pilot” safety system only takes control of the vehicle when the driver moves out of a safe zone.
2. Laser rangefinder - A device that uses a laser to measure its distance from another object. 
3. Safe zone - An area free of obstacles based on the measurements from the laser rangefinder.