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		</div><p>Jaguar Land Rover is trialling an alternative way to guide pedestrians and other road users as to where its self-driving vehicle is going, by projecting a light onto the ground in front of it.</p>
<p>The British automotive firm has added the technology on autonomous pods developed by Aurrigo for the UK Autodrive project, which give people a better idea of what the vehicle intends to do.</p>
<p>Bright bars are projected from the front of the pod, with the spaces between the bars widening when it moves off or accelerates, and shortening when preparing to brake.</p>
<p>Should the pod need to turn left or right, the bars curve towards the relevant direction.</p>
<p>Engineers have been testing the system on a fabricated street scene at a facility in Coventry.</p>
<p>Pete Bennett, Jaguar Land Rover’s future mobility research manager said: “The trials are about understanding how much information a self-driving vehicle should share with a pedestrian to gain their trust,”</p>
<figure id="attachment_124659" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-124659" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/89AB39F1-A671-4359-94AA-7D33E9EA2F8A.jpeg"><img class="size-full wp-image-124659" src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/89AB39F1-A671-4359-94AA-7D33E9EA2F8A.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="400" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-124659" class="wp-caption-text">Jaguar Land Rover’s latest self-driving vehicle technology uses light projections</figcaption></figure>
<p>“Just like any new technology, humans have to learn to trust it, and when it comes to autonomous vehicles, pedestrians must have confidence they can cross the road safely.</p>
<p>“This pioneering research is forming the basis of ongoing development into how self-driving cars will interact with people in the future.”</p>
<p>Last year, the pods were given virtual eyes, with the similar aim of improving the public’s trust in self-driving vehicles.</p>
<p>The development comes weeks after Jaguar Land Rover announced it would cut 4,500 jobs under plans to make £2.5 billion of cost savings, with many of the job losses expected to be in the UK.</p>
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