Nissan unveils robot cars that can travel in group without colliding

Friday 02nd October, 04:46 AM JST

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bdiego at 10:51 AM JST - 2nd October

Good idea but the solution is fatally flawed without additional sensors. Cars would swerve to avoid each other and straight into pedestrians or into a brick wall. Wireless communication between cars is not enough - at best a secondary hint. It's not the real solution.
YAMADA90 at 10:58 AM JST - 2nd October

congratulations to nissan motor co.!
Beelzebub at 12:01 PM JST - 2nd October

I think the vision of science fiction author Kurt Vonnegut Jr. is on the verge of coming true. At some point the robots will rightly conclude that human beings are troublesome and totally unnecessary, and get rid of them.
USNinJapan2 at 12:16 PM JST - 2nd October

Driverless cars. Now where's the fun in that?
Yelnats at 12:24 PM JST - 2nd October

Just like good little Japanese drones. The people do everything the same, and now they are making there cars do everything the same. Pitiful.
Wakarimasen at 01:01 PM JST - 2nd October

Cars like the society that built them. anyway, driverless cars suck. Remeber "Jonny Cab" from Blade Runner. No good for a quick getaway.
NeoJamal at 01:03 PM JST - 2nd October

Driverless cars. Now where's the fun in that?

don't diss Kit.
USNinJapan2 at 01:07 PM JST - 2nd October

NeoJamal

Sorry NeoJamal. I wouldn't be caught dead in a Trans Am, artificially intelligent or not...
Harry_Gatto at 03:09 PM JST - 2nd October

yokomoc, you were almost there with that comment. Embed this technology into Japanese pedestrians so that they can then walk in straight lines and not stop in the middle of a crowded pavement or entrance. However, this technology (not only from Nissan) is a taste of the future, particularly for motorway driving.
Yelnats at 03:55 PM JST - 2nd October

Embed this technology into Japanese pedestrians so that they can then walk in straight lines and not stop in the middle of a crowded pavement or entrance.

Never happens to me any more. I learned to use Japanese radar here, and American radar when beck in the US. One thing I cannot beat yet is the Japanese person that gets off the escalator and stops to look in their purse. Usually a woman, but then again, lots of guys carry purses here too. Do that in the states and you would be robbed in an instant, and stop on the top of an escalator? You would be pushed down it the other way in a second. Learn Japanese radar and enjoy.
Disillusioned at 04:19 PM JST - 2nd October

I thought these were already in use at driver training centers.
electric2004 at 09:48 PM JST - 2nd October

Looks like a PACMAN 3D upgrade.
JohnBecker at 01:24 AM JST - 3rd October

"Jonny Cab" was from Total Recall, not Blade Runner. :-)
rgetty at 08:26 AM JST - 3rd October

late as always. The US was using similar tech in CARS that were grouped driving close together on highways like one long convoy. That was years ago not sure how far the tech has advanced.
almondjoy at 09:40 AM JST - 7th October

now if they could teach people to walk with thier heads up and not collide trasit in japan will get a lot smoother