{"id":687,"date":"2012-10-02T20:14:48","date_gmt":"2012-10-02T19:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.projectsguru.co.uk\/blog\/?p=687"},"modified":"2012-10-02T20:14:48","modified_gmt":"2012-10-02T19:14:48","slug":"invasion-of-the-robot-cars-auto-innovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amberhill.biz\/blog\/?p=687","title":{"rendered":"Invasion of the Robot cars&#8230;.#auto #innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lazysocialbuttons\" data-float=\"left\" data-buttons=\"google,twitter,facebook\" data-twshareurl=\"https:\/\/www.amberhill.biz\/blog\/?p=687\" data-twtext=\"\" data-shareurl=\"https:\/\/www.amberhill.biz\/blog\/?p=687\" data-fbhideflyout=\"false\" data-backgroundtype=\"light\"><\/div><p>Last week saw a little reported milestone in Automotive history when Californian <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.projectsguru.co.uk\/Googlescar.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"319\" height=\"212\" \/>Governor Jerry Brown signed through legislation to allow fully automated vehicles\u00a0 on California&#8217;s roads.<\/p>\n<p>This took place at Google&#8217;s &#8216;Mountainview&#8217; headquarters where the team have been working on a car which utilizes Google&#8217;s &#8216;Street View&#8217; mapping technology, a number of sensors &amp; some clever software to enable the car to navigate without human intervention. The company has already done over 300,000 miles testing with zero collisions so far.<\/p>\n<p>So why is all of this so important ??\u00a0\u00a0 As Highways get increasingly congested it has long been a dream to enable convoys of vehicles to travel nose to tail in close proximity in separate lanes, breaking off as necessary, to reach local destinations.<\/p>\n<p>Robot cars may smack of Sci-Fi but this development could herald a massive social change and a glimpse of the future.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:chris@projectsguru.co.uk\">chris@projectsguru.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.projectsguru.co.uk\">www.projectsguru.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/projectsguru\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/twitter-badges.s3.amazonaws.com\/follow_bird_us-a.png\" alt=\"Follow projectsguru on Twitter\" width=\"100\" height=\"36\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/uk.linkedin.com\/in\/chrisrob9999\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/img\/webpromo\/btn_viewmy_120x33.png\" alt=\"View Chris Robinson's profile on LinkedIn\" width=\"120\" height=\"33\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n\n<!-- AddThis Button BEGIN -->\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\nvar addthis_pub = '';\nvar addthis_language = 'en';var addthis_options = 'email, favorites, digg, delicious, myspace, google, facebook, reddit, live, more';\n<\/script>\n<div class=\"addthis_container\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.addthis.com\/bookmark.php?v=20\" onmouseover=\"return addthis_open(this, '', 'https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amberhill.biz%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D687', 'Invasion+of+the+Robot+cars%26%238230%3B.%23auto+%23innovation')\" onmouseout=\"addthis_close()\" onclick=\"return addthis_sendto()\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s7.addthis.com\/static\/btn\/lg-share-en.gif\" width=\"125\" height=\"16\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Bookmark and Share\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/s7.addthis.com\/js\/200\/addthis_widget.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Button END -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week saw a little reported milestone in Automotive history when Californian Governor Jerry Brown signed through legislation to allow fully automated vehicles\u00a0 on California&#8217;s roads. 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