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Jaguar Land Rover Shows Off-Road Capable Self-Driving Cars

Jaguar Land Rover does not want its autonomous vehicles to be able to drive on paved roads alone, so they started a research project to experiment with off-road capabilities.
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The British corporation, currently owned by India’s Tata Motors, has demonstrated a few of its technologies prepared for autonomous vehicles.

The new technologies developed by Jaguar Land Rover were developed so that cars can identify grass, gravel, sand, and snow before the wheels touch them. The tech could make its way to production vehicles and help with grip when driving off the beaten path.

The self-driving off-roaders from Jaguar Land Rover can observe standing water or bumpy terrain, and are already trained to slow down when spotting these obstacles to prevent any damage. The British brand has also developed the world’s first off-road connected convoy, a solution which uses car-to-car communication to enhance the driving experience and quicken the progress of self-driving technology.

Jaguar Land Rover uses various sensors to help its vehicles understand the terrain they are about to drive over. We are talking about regular cameras, ultrasonic sensors, radar, and LIDAR, all working together to “tell” the car that it is about to drive over snow, sand, grass, or tarmac before its wheels touch the surface.

This proactive research is meant to switch to the appropriate driving mode of the Terrain Response system, thus bringing the possibility of enhanced grip and driving performance.

Naturally, the sensors will also observe other obstacles, like branches, boulders, tree roots, car park barriers, and whatever customers might meet in real life. Since we are talking about premium SUVs in the modern age, imagine the most hardcore mall parking lot in the world.

Jokes set aside, the system can precisely scan a distance of up to five meters ahead of the vehicle, so the car can benefit from the array of sensors without losing momentum by slowing down.

Since we are talking about off-road assistance, Jaguar Land Rover has also introduced a system to monitor what is above the car, called Overhead Clearance Assist, which notifies the driver is the path ahead has insufficient clearance for the vehicle. Roof racks and bicycles placed on top of the car can be programmed into the system, so it will be useful even for customers that employ these devices.

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About the author: Sebastian Toma
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Sebastian's love for cars began at a young age. Little did he know that a career would emerge from this passion (and that it would not, sadly, involve being a professional racecar driver). In over fourteen years, he got behind the wheel of several hundred vehicles and in the offices of the most important car publications in his homeland.
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