BMW gave us our first taste of its new ActiveAssist autonomous technology. At January 6 to 9 in Las Vegas BMW will show an i3 prototype equipped with ActiveAssist technology.
BMW will demonstrate the technology in a parking, with Four advanced laser scanners record the environment and reliably identify impediments such as columns using a digital site plan of a building.Using a watch linked to the vehicle, the driver can instruct the ActiveAssist technology to steer the vehicle autonomously through the parking.
The technology recognizes the structural features of the car park and equally reliably steers round any obstacles that appear unexpectedly.
Also the technology works with the driver in control, only cutting in when it detects an accident about to occur, ex if the driver approaches a wall quickly, the system brakes automatically to prevent the threat.
