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Title: Google's robot cars pass driving test
Post by: [MAF]Karlis on May 09, 2012, 03:13:14 pm

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Google's autonomous cars have passed their first driving test in Nevada, which included a trip along the famous Las Vegas Strip.

The desert state is the first to grant the vehicles a licence to use public roads. They are controlled by computers processing a combination of mapping data, radar, laser sensors and video feeds.
Officials from the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles rode in the cars "along freeways, state highways and neighborhoods both in Carson City and the busy Las Vegas Strip", they said in a statement.
It comes after Nevada passed laws to create a new type of licence for autonomous vehicles last year, which came into effect on 1 March.
The autonomous cars, based on Toyota Prius hybrid hatchbacks, will now be allowed on public roads for further development and testing, carrying a distinctive red licence plate with an infinity symbol on the left side.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/9252275/Googles-robot-cars-pass-driving-test.html#disqus_thread

future is coming.

Title: Re: Google's robot cars pass driving test
Post by: [MAF]Agus on May 09, 2012, 03:24:47 pm

wow :o

even, tough, would be kinda boring not to drive cars (however, maybe safer)

Title: Re: Google's robot cars pass driving test
Post by: [MAF]Karlis on May 09, 2012, 03:31:52 pm

noone would force you to not drive, at least for next 20years, it would at least replace the routine jobs like taxi/bus drivers, truckers, etc.

Title: Re: Google's robot cars pass driving test
Post by: [MAF]Agus on May 09, 2012, 04:25:02 pm

You said it, at least for the next 20 years, who knows if in 20 years we won't be able to drive cars anymore :'(

Title: Re: Google's robot cars pass driving test
Post by: [FSR]Ush on May 09, 2012, 07:20:42 pm

Well, you are always the decision maker in the end... I mean, the car won't decide for you where to park. He will decide how to park, not where.

Title: Re: Google's robot cars pass driving test
Post by: [MAF]MrHess on May 12, 2012, 05:08:01 am

no way, I want to drive my car ffs, maybe for a blind man, yes, why not, but I want to drive my car

Title: Re: Google's robot cars pass driving test
Post by: [MAF]Agus on May 12, 2012, 06:28:10 am

Quote from: [XR]knut1c0 on May 12, 2012, 05:08:01 am

no way, I want to drive my car ffs, maybe for a blind man, yes, why not, but I want to drive my car

Title: Re: Google's robot cars pass driving test
Post by: Mosca on May 12, 2012, 06:40:27 am

Quote from: [XR]knut1c0 on May 12, 2012, 05:08:01 am

no way, I want to drive my car ffs, maybe for a blind man, yes, why not, but I want to drive my car

admit it, you just want to run over people :L

Title: Re: Google's robot cars pass driving test
Post by: [MAF]MrHess on May 13, 2012, 04:17:13 am

ok, yeah, it's fun, you can't deny that either