LaneCruise (system of pilotless management of a car)

2017: Announcement

In November, 2017 the Canadian company X-Matic announced the LaneCruise system allowing to allocate any car with opportunities of pilotless management. The solution went on sale, however is available only as trial version.

LaneCruise includes five principal components: the central processor, the front camera, the touch interface for the driver, the drive for a wheel and  the drive for pedals.  It is interesting that a system does not use GPS positioning and radars at the expense of what developers as they claim, managed to reduce the cost of technologies without damage of accuracy and efficiency.

The system of pilotless control of the LaneCruise cars in Honda

The situation before the car fixes only one camera which fastens under a saloon rear-view mirror. The video image from it comes to computing block which "makes the decision" on the movement of the machine: holds it in a band, rebuilds in other row, slows down and accelerates the vehicle if necessary (for example, at identification of road signs, a signal of traffic lights or the pedestrian on the carriageway).

System of pilotless control of the LaneCruise cars

By the end of 2017 the LaneCruise system is offered as the beta at the price from 1500 up to 2000 dollars. Developers are going to release ready option in 2019.

The LaneCruise system in the Subaru car

 According to  the New Atlas edition, a system passed tests on the Honda Civic and Accord, Subaru Forester and Impreza cars. Thanks to a new set the machine after alteration will become the unmanned vehicle of the second level of autonomy when it can go independently only to short distances and at obligatory finding of the person driving.

The test sample LaneCruise is not a full-fledged auto pilot. This system is intended for maintenance of the movement of the machine in the set band on trunks and also for movement in traffic jams. However in X-Matic promised to finish the technology.^[1]

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