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RoboCar created to teach the world's cars to take over from humans
The age of losing control of your daily travels to the whims of your robot-controlled car are one step closer to reality thanks to the innovators at Japan's ZMP Inc. The company has just unveiled the RoboCar designed to be used in the development of larger robotically-controlled commercial vehicles.
Utilizing the Linux operating system, the RoboCar features WiFi, eight infrared range sensors, CCD stereo cameras, a gyro sensor, and a three-axis acceleration sensor. But unless you're a major car maker, you probably won't want to seriously entertain the RoboCar's $6,119 price tag. You can see video of the RoboCar in action here.
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By roshinobi at 9:35 AM ON 06/12/09
I'm all for the coming of the day when I can take long trips, free from the fight against sleep known as long-distance driving, without having to be crowded into a train, plane, or bus.
These need a little work though. Waiting until they get so close to an obstacle that they have to reverse and change direction, rather than gradually turning so they just dodge altogether as a human driver would (well, some would), is fairly unacceptable if this is going to be applied to the real world. Big step in the right direction though.
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