[sebdiem]

And google's approach is not the only one that scientists are exploring at the moment. Some are relying on more "reactive" strategies see e.g. Professor Alberto Broggi's work with the university of Parma (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto_Broggi). His vehicle doesn't make use of such an heavy map as the one used by Google.

What I liked in this article is that it reveals to the public that google's communication on the topic is really skewed. They try to make people think that the problem of autonomous driving is basically solved while many big challenges remain.

[yen223]

To be fair, most of the hype around the self-driving car don't come from Google, they come from people who are ... let's just say enthusiastic but who lack exposure in the subject matter.