Robot on the road
science news for kids
Oct 19, 2010
Last year, 15 teams went out on there first quests, a 142 mile car race across a desert. But the thing was that the teams could not be in the car and they could not use remotes, the car had to drive itself. The cars had to be able to drive over any type of terrain and had to be able to go around obstacles. All the cars crash, stalled or burned, so the student had to re- think there strategies. Only five out of 23 finalist went 130 miles. The winners car did the course i 6 and his car maximum speed is 30 kilometers per hour.
The cars are being examined by the army and some others but the army really wants theses cars for battle so that the dont risk as many solders as they did in all the other armies. The army tecno people are trying to add James bong features into the cars. The cars would also be used to transport hurt solders from place to place and to bring goods and medications to the bases, and they would do this if they used the cars.
Experts were inspecting the car that won and he found 5 laser beam sensors on top of the car and computer software that would help make the car avoid obstacles. Experts also predict that soon maybe people might be using these cars and trucks to go to work and to use in the general life and it would make roads safer and easier in some way.
I think that is would be awesome if we could go to school and other places with out a driver and i bet our parents would like to so they could relax will we go on long road trips, but one thing i am not sure of it what about our drivers what would happen to there jobs and how would they get money but other then that it is so cool and i think it could really help the world in war and in general.
You choose a really good article. I think that you put good detail and I think too that if life was without drivers every thing would be easier. The scientists have a lot of great ideas.
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