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Robocars improve traffic even when most cars around them are driven by people


Long before all vehicles become self-driving, AI could drastically improve traffic conditions. Traffic jams could become a thing of the past when even as few as 5% of cars are driven by robots.

Robot vehicles are no longer a sci-fi concept: Cities around the world have been testing autonomous robotaxissince 2016. Our work is the first to demonstrate the feasibility of controlling mixed traffic via robot vehicles at real-world, complex intersections. We plan to expand our framework to incorporate additional driving behaviors for robot vehicles, such as frequent lane-changing.

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