Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Where Robot Cars (Robocars) Will Really Take Us



Or how computer geeks can enable the electric car, save the planet and millions of lives using near-term A.I. to make taxis and trucks deliver, park, recharge and drive themselves.

People have dreamed of cars that drive themselves for decades. Now, thanks to a contest sponsored by the U.S. military, they are much closer to becoming reality than many people realize. It now feels possible to make the bold prediction that if we, as a society truly will it, we can make them ubiquitous by around 2020. More and more people are ready to declare that -- technology-wise -- it's a question of when, not if.

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Where Robot Cars (Robocars) Will Really Take Us