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Linux-Powered Auto-Parking Car

Posted by timothy on from the safe-in-a-crash dept.

megmag writes "A really cool project using a Linux P4 machine for automatic parking of a Volvo S60 was presented last week. Take a look at the video. That's how your parking problem should be solved. It is a final-year student project within the mechanical engineering department at Linköping University, Sweden."

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  1. Not new? by Jobe_br · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Honda or Toyota has a parking aid that they sell as an option on some of their vehicles in Japan (only) that does much the same. I don't think you can get out of the car first, but in practice, you probably wouldn't anyway.

    I would have liked to see this park in a more difficult spot, too .. like a crowded Chicago side street :)

  2. If it wasn't "Linux Powered" by mOoZik · · Score: 0, Redundant

    ...or with any other OSS, chances are it wouldn't be on Slashdot. Kinda sad when you think about it.

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