Ford has designed a range of robot-driven cars to test for safety - just weeks after its chairman announced that self-driving vehiclesare closer than we think.
The robots can accelerate, steer and even stop for passing pedestrians or other obstacles due to a series of built-in cameras, sensors and GPStrackers.
They are also able to carry out more rigorous tests than humans and and put the vans through the equivalent of 10 years of wear and tear in a single sitting driving on specially-designed courses - humans are only allowed to drive these rough courses once a day.Ford vans fitted with robotic controls that can steer the vehicle, change gear and brake when faced with a hazard
*.Cameras and built-in sensors scan for obstacles while GPS trackers monitor its position
*.Robotic vans can repeatedly drive courses designed to subject the van to 10 years of wear and tear - humans are limited to once aday
*.All data is fed back to engineers in a central control room in Michigan. Am kinda just disturbed..when i remember the movie IROBOT...humans just getting lazier .. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2344338/The-self-driving-cars-using-ROBOTS-test-safety-navigate-pedestrians-traffic.html