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posted by n1 on Thursday October 23 2014, @09:22AM   Printer-friendly
from the home,-james dept.

Fancy a stroll in the Chinese and Japanese Gardens? Why not up the ante, book a ride online and take a driverless buggy ride through the gardens? Making this a reality are researchers and engineers from the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) [新加坡-麻省理工学院科研中心], and the National University of Singapore (NUS), as Singapore builds up to be the world’s first Smart Nation.

This is the first time, not one, but two driverless vehicles are being deployed, free-of-charge for public use.

[...] Commuters can monitor the locations of the vehicles [from a website]. The buggies will also feature vehicle-to-vehicle communications that will allow each vehicle to know where the other vehicle is. This allows the buggies to know if there is a possibility of overlapping paths, and for each buggy to intelligently determine how best to move so as to improve the overall efficiency of the fleet.

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  • (Score: 2) by jimshatt on Thursday October 23 2014, @10:21AM

    by jimshatt (978) on Thursday October 23 2014, @10:21AM (#109104) Journal
    This is by no means the first driverless vehicle in the wild. Especially not on this small scale. Schiphol Airport (Amsterdam) has had types of driverless vehicles since the mid 90's.
    • (Score: 2) by frojack on Thursday October 23 2014, @07:35PM

      by frojack (1554) on Thursday October 23 2014, @07:35PM (#109324) Journal

      But are they FREE?

      That seems to me to be the only portion of the claim that might be true.
      And if they charge admission (or the price of an airline ticket) the claim of freedom goes out the window.

      --
      No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.
  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 23 2014, @11:08AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 23 2014, @11:08AM (#109114)

    Johnnycab: Please state the street and number.

    Douglas Quaid: Drive! drive!

    Johnnycab: I'm not familiar with that address. Would you please repeat the destination?

    Douglas Quaid: Anywhere just go! Go!

    Johnnycab: I'm not familiar with that address. Would you please repeat the destination?

    Douglas Quaid: Shit! shit!

    Johnnycab: Would you please repeat the destination?

    Douglas Quaid: [Quaid rips the Johnnycab out and starts to drive himself] Aaahhh!

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 23 2014, @03:23PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 23 2014, @03:23PM (#109210)

    (oblig) I for one.....