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Toyota Unveils an Autonomous Car, But Says It’ll Keep Drivers in Control

Technology Review -- The carmaker discusses research that could make cars autonomous and eliminate traffic fatalities.

Toyota, the Japanese auto giant, hopes to sell more of its cars to people while giving them less of a role in piloting those vehicles. At a press conference at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Monday, the company showed off a research vehicle intended as a test bed for ideas to make its vehicles more autonomous, particularly in dangerous situations.

The Advanced Safety Research Vehicle is based on a Lexus LS and used for research at the Toyota Research Institute in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The car carries forward-looking and side-facing millimeter-wave radar sensors, as well as a 360-degree laser scanner that collects three-dimensional data on anything nearby.

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Submitted Jan 08, 2013 By: BennoBlue

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honda0105 Champion Author Tallahassee Posts:18,632 Points:1,610,495 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Jan 9, 2013 5:55:21 AM Ignore honda0105 Report Abuse JamesCalvin: yes, they can.
bston Champion Author Oklahoma City Posts:1,820 Points:643,025 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Jan 8, 2013 7:10:21 PM Ignore bston Report Abuse Maybe they should test it out on another planet!
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N5EXY Champion Author Austin Posts:5,497 Points:1,511,355 Joined:Jul 2004	Message Posted: Jan 8, 2013 6:25:14 AM Ignore N5EXY Report Abuse The driver should control the car, not the other way. I will agree we have some dummies for drivers, however.
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