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Anyone who has seen one of Google's self-driving cars or drove a Tesla would be familiar with what a self-driving car looks like.
A self-driving car was spotted in Lagos today and seem to get quite some buzz, reason been that its the first of such in Nigeria.

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We were able to get a video of the car in action, which can be viewed below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7szBZUd0zE

Though we couldn't ascertain if it was remotely controlled or actually driving all by itself.

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A Nigerian named "Ize Ifeanyi Adebayo" took to his Twitter and Instagram accounts to share his emotions after seeing the first self-driving car.
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He shared photos of the unusual vehicle capturing them with the following text:
“Saw it live today, the first #driverless car in Nigeria. Did you? Not to worry if you didnt, its coming to #Techplus2016. Do you love technology? Are you in the business of technology? Are you into inventions? #TechPlus2016 is for you via @techplusng.”
Self-Driving cars
A Self-Driving car which also could be called an autonomous car is a vehicle that is capable of sensing its environment and navigating without human input. Autonomous vehicles detect surroundings using radar, lidar, GPS, odometer, and computer vision.
Advanced control systems interpret-sensory information to identify appropriate navigation paths, as well as obstacles and relevant signage. Autonomous cars have control systems that are capable of analyzing sensory data to distinguish between different cars on the road, which is very useful in planning a path to the desired destination

What is Techplus2016?
Leaders in industry, government and other technology thought leaders have been announced as speakers at Nigeria’s largest tech event, TechPlus2016, holding July 21-23, 2016 at the Eko Hotels Conference Centre, Lagos, Nigeria.
With the theme ‘A Connected World’, #TechPlus2016 will converge over 10,000 participants, 60 panelists, 100 exhibitors, 3,000 gamers and hackers, and a wide array of tech-savvy, insight-driven audience across diverse sectors.

Featuring five unique segments: Conference, Exhibition, Gaming, Hackathon and Pitch event, #TechPlus2016 provides an avenue to advance technological discourse, ideas, displays and networks in and around Nigeria.
In its second year, Techplus is a gathering of everything technology, providing a robust tripartite tech experience through its conference, exhibition and gaming structures whilst serving as a platform for knowledge sharing, networking and market place for the consumers and businesses.

Source: http://www.carfric.com/2016/07/self-driving-car-spotted-in-lagos.html

Self driving car spotted in a backward country full of bad road.

Nice one! I wonder how or who the danfo drivers would be cursing now

the car has dark tints i doubt if its a self drive, the developers havent really done the job to show a clear video of the car doing the self driving

they should do that to market themselves

That video doesn't prove it self driving...

I know what to look for in a self driving car...don't see it here...


And why are the windows tinted and not fully wound down? For all you know, some modifications have been made to allow the car be driven from the back seat...

Self Driving car toyota is not aware of?

To achieve this feet the following would be needed

1. GPS gizmo's on the vehicle to triangulate various coordinates, last time I checked toyota and honda gps navi system dont work in Nigeria
2. On board AI (Artificial Inteligence) to coordinated feed backs from proximity sensors all around the body of the vehicle.
3. Not to mention they would be more than happy to use clear windows same way Google and other company who are currently perfecting this to reduce all the obvious GPS antenna hanging from self driven prototypes

Google Aurora partner with hyundai and Volkswagon to Produce self driving cars... http://www.earthprex.com/google-aurora-partners-self-driving-car/