3 b9 J. W ~* \6 ? 2005年比赛在加利福尼亚州莫哈韦沙漠举行,4辆无人驾驶汽车成功穿越212公里崎岖路段到达终点。冠军“斯坦尼”还被着名《连线》杂志评为“最佳智能机器人”。3 h7 k t$ C' t% Y: `
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A car driven by a hi-tech ghost of laser sensors and computers has gone on exhibit in London, before it competes against other robot cars in the United States in November. ! Y4 F8 F; A- O6 s8 B0 M0 v4 s+ I+ c; x8 j
The Volkswagen Passat 2.0 TDI drives using two eye-like laser sensors in the front and one in the back that scan road conditions, buildings, other vehicles and pedestrians over a range of up to 200 metres. 9 F" Q" o7 I2 S3 H( R! D3 K# J
An on-board computer digests and acts on the information using software developed by the Hamburg, Germany-based Ibeo Automobile Sensor company, said company experts displaying the car at the Science Museum in London.7 j" {0 e; F2 S. P; e# y
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In November, the car will compete against other driverless vehicles in the third annual US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Urban Challenge over a 60-mile course in America.% ~3 h# c/ J" Z: P2 \
- |" r0 t5 j6 m% w" K"We are competing against the world's best in terms of automobile technology," Ibeo chief executive Ulrich Lages said. + S0 s" c9 b/ N; u+ W- F! H& |, K3 F
"Although we are a relatively small team and, unlike the big players, do not have a large budget, we believe we have a great chance at DARPA 2007," he said.) Z9 p7 }0 J, [* e- \$ D
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"Our innovative laser technology gives us a lead of several years over our prospective rivals, especially in the field of object and environmental detection," he said.3 ]0 e0 q" A3 D5 D7 F
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Christened LUX, the refitted Volkswagen that looks exactly like a standard road model is due to go into small-scale production next year and the firm hopes that its technology can eventually be used in production cars.+ q$ }+ }0 U+ E& S
z7 _1 p- _! j2 {) uAt a conference in the US city of San Francisco in February, scientists predicted robot-driven cars could be shuttling humans around by the year 2030.