Audi is sending a robotic version of its TTS sports car to navigate to the top of Pikes Peak only guided by computers and GPS
In September a driverless Audi TTS will speed to the top of Colorado's Pikes Peak
at just under 100 kilometers per hour—that's right, no driver. It is an
early step toward a robo-car that can drive itself, perhaps better than
you can.
The World Health Organization projects traffic fatalities to be the
third leading cause of mortality worldwide by 2020. And drivers
themselves are responsible for 73 percent of these deaths. So automakers
are looking at ways they could make cars safer by taking driving out of
human hands. Self-driving cars could offer other benefits: TNO,
an international research firm based in the Netherlands, says that they
could reduce the time lost to traffic jams by up to 50 percent, and
reduce CO2 emissions and fuel consumption by 5 percent.
To read the full, original article click on this link: Automatic Auto: A Car That Drives Itself: Scientific American
Author: Susan Kuchinskas
