The Hyundai robot was promoted to a driver’s license test

Korean brand Hyundai has released a new video on HyundaiWorldwide’s YouTube channel showing Robotaxis Ioniq 5car 100% electric and self-drivingpassing a test similar to the US driver’s license test: an information device to demonstrate the safety and reliability of the underlying technology of this model, which is being tested on ordinary roads in Las Vegas.

The video opens with an interview with Pearl Outlaw and her mother. Lulu – who is blind – has to have various mobility limitations due to retinitis pigmentosa, a degenerative disease that prevents her from getting a driving license. His story highlights the challenges that many people face disabilitywhich the possibility of be free when traveling it can represent not only the great help of concrete in everyday life but also a symbol of freedom and independence. In such a situation, Robotaxi Ioniq 5 can be what ensures independent and safe mobility.

“I’m a DMV certified driver’s examiner with 25 years of experience,” said Kandice Jones, who put Robotaxi through its paces. “The parameters are similar to the human driving tests: speed, lane changes, maneuverability and, of course, reaction times.” Robotaxi Ioniq 5 stood out in all these aspects, as well as for its ability to stop correctly at a stop sign, to make left turns correctly at an intersection and for its performance in case of danger.

This vehicle is a combination of mobility-changing technologies and is the result of a collaboration between Hyundai Motor Group and Motional, through years of development and rigorous testing of advanced vehicle platforms and driving technologies that use advanced sensors, radars and camera in. different situations. Ownership in these days New York City has also opened testing of this type of cars (with only a driver on board), but autonomous driving remains an immature technology and still faces many problems. However, Hyundai’s campaign aims to show the progress made in this sense, also in terms of safety. And emphasize the importance that the robot axis can have in the lives of people with walking problems, like the main character of the video.