Robobus takes to the streets
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An anonymous reader writes "Forget Robocop, how about Robobus. Researchers at University of California, Berkeley, have steered a high tech bus, seen here, using nothing but magnets. The 60-foot research bus was demonstrated along a one-mile stretch of East 14th Street in San Leandro, embedded with a series of magnets for the test. Sensors and processors on board the bus detected the magnets in the pavement and controlled the steering based upon the information they received.The automated steering drove with a level of accuracy that puts human drivers to shame, pulling into stops within one centimetre of the kerb. It certainly seems a step forward from the robot helper that Nissan made for its Pivo2 concept car."
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Robobus takes to the streets