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==Driverless Vehicles== | ==Driverless Vehicles== | ||
[[File:1918 16arieff-retrocar-blog427.jpg|right|250px|The 1918 concept car]] | |||
With driver assist technologies being integrated into vehicles today, the promise of a fully autonomous individual vehicle on all or designated roadways is possible. The main problem is responsibility for liability. | With driver assist technologies being integrated into vehicles today, the promise of a fully autonomous individual vehicle on all or designated roadways is possible. The main problem is responsibility for liability. | ||
*The research for autonomous vehicles began in 1977 by the Tsukuba Mechanical Engineering Lab in Japan. | *The research for autonomous vehicles began in 1977 by the Tsukuba Mechanical Engineering Lab in Japan. | ||
*The Bundeswehr Universität München in Europe experimented with video-driven cars in the 1980s, and | *The Bundeswehr Universität München in Europe experimented with video-driven cars in the 1980s, and |