Looks like Google have out-done DARPA! Great work!


Looks like Google have out-done DARPA! Great work!

Originally shared by Breaking News

Nevada issues Google first license for self-driving car
Carson City, Nev., USA

The Las Vegas Sun reports that Google has received the first license for driverless cars from the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles to test the autonomous vehicles. It is believed to be the first such license issued in the country.

The system regulates the brakes, accelerator and steering. It permits a human driver to take control by stepping on the brake or turning the wheel.

Google says it hopes to market the technology to auto manufacturers. It combines artificial intelligence software, a global positioning system and an array of sensors to navigate its way through traffic.

Read more: http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2012/may/07/nevada-issues-google-first-license-self-driving-ca/

Photo: Gov. Brian Sandoval takes a spin in a driverless car on July 20, 2011. Sandoval described the experience as “amazing”; he took the test run with a Google engineer and DMV Director Bruce Breslow. (The Associated Press)

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Comments

  1. Garry Winterton8 May 2012 at 17:28

    lol wonder which company who's gonna sue em for this?

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  2. Rob Masters8 May 2012 at 19:00

    I wonder. Not that suing G has done Oracle any good yet. The only confirmed infringement has been something worth nothing, and that Google had already removed!

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