PROGNOSIS * USA - Driverless trucks and voice-activated pets could be commonplace by 2019
The robot revolution: Using laser-radar and cameras they will scan for traffic and build up a 3-D picture of the road around them. They will be programmed to anticipate dangers such as pedestrians crossing, other vehicles and debris
London,UK -Mail On Line, by David Derbyshire -20 August 2009: -- The idea of a 42-ton lorry with no one at the wheel looming in your rearview mirror is pretty terrifying... But we had all better get used to it because driverless juggernauts could be on Britain's motorways within ten years, experts predicted yesterday... And the trucks look like being the forerunners of a robot revolution... According to the Royal Academy of Engineering, artificially intelligent robots and computers capable of making life and death decisions will become more and more common in all aspects of life... (Picture: The future of travel: The driverless Personal Rapid Transport vehicle, which was unveiled last week, will be in service at Heathrow from next year)
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