Post by Monster-Hunter on Apr 25, 2009 11:18:42 GMT -5
Cars to drive themselves by 2030 ;D
Cars that can drive themselves - like Kitt in Knight Rider - will be common in less than 20 years, say scientists.
US researchers say vehicles equipped with GPS positioning and artifical intelligence will be safer than cars driven by humans.
Researchers from Stanford University in California have already developed a vehicle they called Stanley, reports Sky News.
It used sensors, lasers, cameras and on-board computers to navigate a 132-mile course through the Nevada desert.
Now they are designing Junior, a modified VW Passat that will be able to steer itself through a busy city.
Modern cars are already stuffed full of robot-like gadgets to help deal with hazards.
Cruise control, lane-departure warnings, GPS, blind-spot sensors and cameras to help you parallel park are commonplace.
Boffins believe it is a relatively small step to link all the technology and hand control of your car over to the computer.
"By 2030 we should be able to deploy this technology on the open highway, and reliability will exceed that of humans by orders of magnitude," said Professor Sebastien Thrun.
Cars that can drive themselves - like Kitt in Knight Rider - will be common in less than 20 years, say scientists.
US researchers say vehicles equipped with GPS positioning and artifical intelligence will be safer than cars driven by humans.
Researchers from Stanford University in California have already developed a vehicle they called Stanley, reports Sky News.
It used sensors, lasers, cameras and on-board computers to navigate a 132-mile course through the Nevada desert.
Now they are designing Junior, a modified VW Passat that will be able to steer itself through a busy city.
Modern cars are already stuffed full of robot-like gadgets to help deal with hazards.
Cruise control, lane-departure warnings, GPS, blind-spot sensors and cameras to help you parallel park are commonplace.
Boffins believe it is a relatively small step to link all the technology and hand control of your car over to the computer.
"By 2030 we should be able to deploy this technology on the open highway, and reliability will exceed that of humans by orders of magnitude," said Professor Sebastien Thrun.
