Intel Proposes System to Make Self-Driving Cars Blameless
- Chipmaker offers math-based rules to make robot cars safe
- Company wants to speed adoption of autonomous technology
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Intel Corp. has developed a system it says ensures that self-driving vehicles can’t cause accidents where they are at fault, an effort to reassure a skeptical public and help speed adoption of driverless cars on the road.
The world’s largest chipmaker is publishing a set of standards, based on mathematical formulas, that will govern the behavior of robot cars and trucks. If they’re adopted, Intel argues, it will bring certainty to questions of liability and blame in the event of an accident.