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Robocabs Coming to Europe

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the automated-mass-transit dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "Almost all of us can recall both good and poor memories of taxi rides when we arrived in a city we didn't know. This is why a short article from Spiegel Online, 'Bringing Robot Transportation to Europe,' caught my eye this morning. It briefly describes the European 'CityMobil' project which involves 28 partners in 10 countries at a cost of €40 million. This project plans to eliminate city drivers and three trial sites have already been selected. For example, in 2008, Terminal 5 in London's Heathrow airport will be connected to the car park by driverless electric cars along a 4-kilometer track. Read more for additional pictures and references about this project to make the roads in Europe's cities more efficient."

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  1. Robo-what? by vistic · · Score: 2, Funny

    Did anyone else read that as "Robocrabs" and imagine some nasty STD of the future?

  2. haha it is true! by macaulay805 · · Score: 4, Funny

    In Soviet Russia, car drives you!

  3. I totally remember something like this! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    "You're in a JohnnyCab!"

    1. Re:I totally remember something like this! by voice_of_all_reason · · Score: 2, Funny

      'rop me orf a mah hice ear the tar London.

      "I'm sorry, could you please restate your desination!"

  4. Re:When you pay the fare it says by PoprocksCk · · Score: 3, Funny

    You're welcome. And yes, I am cooperation.

  5. Re:Along a track? by kfg · · Score: 2, Funny

    You mean, like trains and subways?

    With sufficient research ( and government grants) scienctists hope to invent something they call a "trolley," although I think the idea is perhaps too futuristic and we aren't ready for it.

    KFG

  6. Simulated driver by Tablizer · · Score: 2, Funny

    So are they gonna pipe in mid-eastern music, garlic smells, and strange bead thingies dangling from the mirrors to give it the real cabbie ambiance?

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