Jaguar Land Rover's Driverless Pods
Jaguar Land Rover’s future mobility division has installed 'eyes' on driverless pods in a new set of research into people’s behaviour around self-driving cars. The eyes, which are not sensors but a visual representation of the car’s awareness of obstacles, fix upon the pedestrian and signal when it is safe for them to cross. The study aims to find out if the eyes make people confident enough to walk out in front of the pod, rather than fearing the pod's sensors would fail to spot them and put them at risk. Cognitive psychologists will analyse people’s behaviour at the side of the road b...