The patent for external airbags applied by Google for driverless cars has recently been successfully approved. The patent includes external airbags and automotive shock absorbers. In the event of a collision, the external airbags appear to be opened like the inflatables of the Super Marines. The robot "big white" provides protection for pedestrians on the road.

Google Driverless Car

The external airbags are made in different shapes and attached to the front bumper or the sides of the body. If the sensor detects an impending collision with other vehicles, pedestrians or other objects, the airbag will automatically open. The airbag of the front bumper part is made of visco-elastic foam, and the windshield is more flexible.

"Super Marine Corps" inflatable robot "big white"

This patent idea of ​​Google is not an innovation, and this technology has not yet been widely used. Prior to that, Volvo was an automobile company that earlier paid attention to the safety of pedestrian collisions. It used the pedestrian airbag technology PAT (Pedestrian Airbag Technology) for V40 models. Volvo used seven sensors and cutting-edge technologies as the system elements to make the V40 safe. Improved performance.

Volvo V40 pedestrian airbag

The V40's external airbag is designed to raise the hood and leave enough space to deploy the airbag as a cushion between hard elements and pedestrians in the vicinity of the windshield, but the leg injuries may not be reduced.

Most car manufacturers have been improving the safety of frontal crashes by improving the automatic braking. Before officially launching the driverless car, Google is obviously preparing to improve the external safety of the vehicle because the death of a pedestrian may be regarded as the greatest danger to the driverless car.

The Google driverless prototype is in the testing phase, with a top speed of about 40 kilometers per hour. The production car is expected to be available within 10 years, but Google has not yet publicly confirmed whether its own driverless car will use an external airbag.

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