If Google’s driverless car is the autonomous vehicle of the near future, then Mercedes’ F015 is the prototype of the distant future.
With reporter Bill Whitaker visiting Google as part of a 60 Minutes segment on autonomous cars Sunday (October 4), the news program also sat down with Mercedes-Benz engineer Alex Hilliger von Thile for a demonstration of the Mercedes F015.
Although the prototype is only capable of driving a pre-programmed course as of now, it can be controlled via a smartphone app or its no-button dashboard. The latter even responds to a swipe or wave of a hand and eye movements.
“What we are doing is natural interaction,” von Thile explained to Whitaker, while adjusting the volume of the car’s music without touching a knob.
To show his supreme confidence in the intelligence of the car, von Thile completely swiveled his chair around, so that his back was left facing the windshield. see the photo of the car from the link below



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