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Automated Co-pilot Can Help You Avoid Collisions
2012-07-15 09:07:04

Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online With current automobile safety systems like crumple zones and air bags focused on mitigating the damage caused by a crash, MIT researchers have shifted their attention to preventing automobile accidents altogether. In pursuit of this goal, Sterling Anderson, a PhD student at MIT, and Karl Iagnemma, a principal research scientist in MIT’s Robotic Mobility Group, have developed an automated ‘co-pilot’ that guides the vehicle along...