; A0 b9 y0 T5 j0 k2 k/ D 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。 3 O4 Q8 H, p3 E# t
; }3 q: }3 V" S! O, A- V. ] 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。 + N. n5 }' V* f: l) `% C
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2005年比赛在加利福尼亚州莫哈韦沙漠举行，4辆无人驾驶汽车成功穿越212公里崎岖路段到达终点。冠军“斯坦尼”还被着名《连线》杂志评为“最佳智能机器人”。 : g, \. _8 X8 a9 @4 y& _, r$ W; ^; Q5 G7 L6 `, r0 Q3 g
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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.$ B+ R8 i; T$ k& b
1 T! K/ a7 C" ~3 X* ^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. 7 o6 k3 K' a- L. I* H ' w$ J K: u: P* {! aAn 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.! c% C# O0 d5 O, r! \" g
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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. , s6 }; {9 k1 C* T" ]+ q 3 ?4 k8 @4 O: t! @"We are competing against the world's best in terms of automobile technology," Ibeo chief executive Ulrich Lages said.0 [$ W$ I# `$ _" I$ L
% B( Q2 o; L: t9 ^8 o"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. 1 V' h7 {( Q+ P" `& K* t. ^5 Z# J; z3 n) L; M4 D0 }
"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. . I; P+ ?) o& y T' u 2 P' M, o) b- b* f- u+ g( DChristened 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 S' D6 }" A5 v6 i
" H8 K) p8 p' S9 l9 _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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