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Tuesday, 5 May 2015

Meet Lutz Pathfinder, the prototype pod for UK’s first driverless car

The Lutz Pathfinder is designed and built by engineering group RDM and is equipped with sensor and navigation technology provided by the University of Oxford's Mobile Robotics Group. It is part of a project being run by the UK's "innovation center for Intelligent Mobility" Transport Systems Catapult.
The first thing you would say when you come face to face with this car is, ''what the hell is this?!'' It's a self-driving car! But it doesn't look like one? It's a pod actually.But they will look different when they become commercially available. So now I believe you understand when we say self-driving cars are robotic vehicles.


You will recall that in December last year, I told you guys that UK plans to trial self-driving cars on public roads in four cities: Brsitol. Greewich, Conventry and Milton Keynes. Well, here's the  prototype of UK's autonomous car to be trialed on Britain's roads in Milton Keynes later this year. It is UK's first driverless car, and you and your friend could ride in it without putting your hands on the wheel, if the trial is successful. Hmm, this car look funny to me.

See UK to test self-driving car in four cities