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Hitachi's Tiny Robo-Taxi Carries 1 Passenger and No Driver
New submitter terrywo5 writes "A new driver-less robotic car nicknamed ROPITS was revealed recently by Hitachi in the city of Tsukuba. This tiny robotic car uses GPS to transport its single passenger, and it can be programmed to pick up and drop passengers automatically. Check this article and video to learn more about this car."
I wonder if there's a stick there to evade the bad guys.
Without the Chucky-esque Johnny.
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Hmm.. this site has a linkfarm on top of the page to a set of loan sites and uses Javascript to move it out of view.
...I'm sure it *is* running Linux, seeing as there is no driver for it.
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View page without javascript and see the wonder that is link spam.
Except when it comes to nuclear power plants.
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I am more alarmed at the Eighteen Kilometre wide sidewalks. Imagine just trying to cross the street :P
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"shiotsu-used-car.com"... This article should be pulled and whoever edited this fired. This is getting beyond a joke and the editors have completely failed to see a 100% obvious spam website. The video is nothing but 6 images with fade outs and ins. Fucking retards.
Something wicked that link hides: "Web Site Blocked by NETGEAR Firewall"
http://www.shiotsu-used-car.com/blog/hitachi-selfdrivingroboticcar-ropits.htm
Made it past my HOSTS file and got caught by my router which is set up
for the Android Motorola XOOM and Playstation 3 (blocking the tracker Playstation.net).
You can complain about tracking, post to articles about it being wrong or you can do something about it.
Speaking as a dedicated bike commuter, I wouldn't hit the road without one. No matter how hard I try, I am going to come off the bike every 20 or 30 thousand kilometres, and head wounds are nasty.
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