Google Robot Cars

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  BCA_GIRL

  Great. I like this information.
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  cooltwins

  thats great, i've heard of some similar cars but they are driven based on blue eye technology. they have an option of a driver and an option of no driver too... but this sounds even more better 😀
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  Anil Jain

  WOW !!!
  
  Even interesting fact is that they had already tested this car for over 1000 miles with a minimal human intervention. There next target is drive this car with no human intervention.
  
  -CB
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  Saandeep Sreerambatla

  Fantastic piece of information!
  
  Its a great news 😀
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  raj87verma88

  Interesting information
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  Ashraf HZ

  Any info about the full specifications about the car? If they had used LIDAR sensors, those are awfully expensive. One of them can cost up to $15,000.
  
  

  Engineers say robot cars aren't susceptible to drowsiness or driving under the influence, and that eventually they might allow for more cars on the road

  Alright, lets assume for a second that all security implications (virus attacks, hacking, etc) with computer reliance is dealt with. Why would we need more private cars? Robot cars can easily work with car pooling and taxis. Don't need to waste any more resources.
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  durga ch

  @ ash
  
  No need that whole fleet of robot cars are on roads, but we surely can adopt technology from there into commercial cars
  for example- volvo s60 with pedestrian detection and auto brakes
  here:
  Pedestrian Detection with Full Auto Brake from Volvo - YouTube
  
  and this one is the best till date : the great robot race
  - YouTube
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  Ashraf HZ

  @ durga
  True what you say, but I feel in the context of having "more" vehicles on the road, we should rely less on private transportation in the future to save resources in manufacturing them, regardless if they are robotic or human driven. Sure, we could try recycling some them when they eventually go to the scrap yards, but the energy and materials needed to manufacture more cars could have been put into better use (like public transportation). But alas, its all wishful thinking.. seeing how market orientated the economy is these days.
  
  Also, thanks for the cool vids! The Volvo one is something I'm trying to implement myself for detection (of other cars on the road). Unfortunately the needed components are way beyond my budget at the moment.
  
  [EDIT]
  Funny to see the trial runs of the robot cars, such as testing out the stereo vision, haha. And the bike robot is quite awesome.
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  durga ch

  i agree with you on public trasnsport thing, its not really needed that a family for 4 have 3 vehicles at home , by the way have you seen this new bus concept??
  
  China straddling bus [English computer voice over] the only English copy - YouTube