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Team Lux公司将携装有这种先进无人驾驶技术的汽车参加今年11月在美国举行的无人驾驶汽车拉力赛。 ) O# ^6 T# T( R- g. J9 E. a1 e! M
0 E& O9 h/ d# k) q0 I3 Y. F3 C 今年的比赛要求参赛汽车在美国某城市中心区行驶97公里，旨在考验无人驾驶汽车在错综复杂的城市交通系统下安全、快速行驶的能力。冠军将获得120万美元奖金。这一比赛由美国国防部高级研究计划局赞助，旨在为研发无人驾驶技术提供候选方案。比赛已分别于2005年和2003年举办两届。 7 q! Z2 X `, r. C- p
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A car driven by a hi-tech ghost of laser sensors and computers has gone on exhibit in London, before it competes against other robot cars in the United States in November.. N6 M) L3 E9 \2 y+ M$ y/ R4 D3 g
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The Volkswagen Passat 2.0 TDI drives using two eye-like laser sensors in the front and one in the back that scan road conditions, buildings, other vehicles and pedestrians over a range of up to 200 metres. 0 k. L. p2 _) [4 v7 c( n0 E. o" f3 U \( ~* Q
An on-board computer digests and acts on the information using software developed by the Hamburg, Germany-based Ibeo Automobile Sensor company, said company experts displaying the car at the Science Museum in London.* u0 l4 b4 D n
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In November, the car will compete against other driverless vehicles in the third annual US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Urban Challenge over a 60-mile course in America. . x! ]# ?% v, w/ f. z+ t6 N1 S9 X+ e N7 [0 h$ q' i3 V
"We are competing against the world's best in terms of automobile technology," Ibeo chief executive Ulrich Lages said. ) M! f$ [5 T5 S: A - |1 }* @* f) u6 E"Although we are a relatively small team and, unlike the big players, do not have a large budget, we believe we have a great chance at DARPA 2007," he said.7 t' T, \7 b2 b# r7 l0 ^
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"Our innovative laser technology gives us a lead of several years over our prospective rivals, especially in the field of object and environmental detection," he said. 3 b. B9 K6 r/ C# u7 ` % N( L: Z3 I: X: T: FChristened LUX, the refitted Volkswagen that looks exactly like a standard road model is due to go into small-scale production next year and the firm hopes that its technology can eventually be used in production cars.9 |$ v+ N; v) K$ u
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At a conference in the US city of San Francisco in February, scientists predicted robot-driven cars could be shuttling humans around by the year 2030.
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