Autonomous vehicles get 'X-ray' vision to detect hidden obstacles

New technology is giving autonomous vehicles'X-ray' vision to help them track pedestrians, cyclists and other vehicles that may be obscured. Experts in Australia are now commercialising the technology, which is called cooperative or collective perception (CP). It involves the installation of roadside information-sharing units ('ITS stations') equipped with sensors such as cameras and lidar. At a busy junction, for example, vehicles would use these units to share what they'see' with other vehicles. This gives each vehicle X-ray style vision that sees through buses to notice pedestrians, or a fast-moving van around a corner that's about to run a red light.