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Académie suisse des sciences techniques SATW
Between a breakthrough and key security issues
Autonomous vehicles are gaining momentum. With three current pilot projects, Switzerland is playing a leading role in this field in Europe. The SATW’s Autonomous Mobility thematic platform has been monitoring this technology for some time and has just published a discussion paper on a specific safety issue: What happens from the moment an automated vehicle realises that it can no longer perform its driving task and therefore initiates an emergency manoeuvre to bring it to a safe halt?



