SAE brings autonomy to the public in new demonstration program

摘要

With a first-of-its-kind program that allows the public to experience traveling in a fully-automated (SAE Level 4) vehicle, SAE International was in Tampa, Florida, in early May for its inaugural SAE Demo Day to gauge the public's reaction to - and attitudes about - self-driving technology. The Demo Day program is believed to be the first broadbased educational initiative designed to give the public hands-on (or is it "hands-off"?) exposure to fully-automated vehicles by providing demonstration rides. For this first event near Tampa, an SAE Level 4 vehicle developed by Perrone Robotics drove participants on a specially-cordoned section of Tampa's Lee Roy Selmon Expressway.