Stanford robot car "Junior" in action, DARPA Urban Challenge

Yesterday, a Volkswagen Passat drove around a parking lot in Mountain View, CA, made three-point turns, and followed the rules at a four-way stop--all without human intervention. The computer-controlled car is named Junior, and it's Stanford University's official entry in the DARPA Urban Challenge, a race in which an autonomous car must navigate city streets, obey traffic laws, avoid obstructions, and, crucially, drive well among other cars in traffic. This test run is Junior's first public appearance, designed to let DARPA (the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) test the car and determine if it proceeds to the next round in the Urban Challenge.

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  Autos & Vehicles

[davidallen2]

because the females can't drive haha snap

[hrthrhs]

U put the grocery bags in the seats and let the car drive itself home whilst u catch a cab...lol...

[SynticS]

thats so bad... we all will end like wall-e.... thats the worst!

[hyretech]

This technology had made amazing strides in the past 25 years! (1987 was when the ALV project at CMU had their first vehicle delivered - Navlab 1)

[D. Lloyd Jenkins Jr]

This will replace every cab and bus in the future, accessible from your mobile phone, tablet, wearable electronics. Just hit the button "Need a Ride" and one comes to pick you up and take you any where.

[stuxnetlover]

OPTIMUS PRIME <3

[John Abrams]

I must have one.

[NeoMatudio]

I love you JUNIOR!

[Xmus44]

maybe not yet... but soon....

[jesus ceballos]

Dieser eine gut intelligent auto aber vie viele costet?



[jesus ceballos]

The end of auto insurance, no more good neighbor and the good hands.....LOL

[shellymarierobinson]

lol you are rong a man can have sex but a car can not