Without satellite navigation to guide them , or even humans behind the rack , four van made the 8,000 mile journey from Italy to China . Seven video cameras compound with solar powered laser scanners made the trek , which end today , possible .
The vans did house researchers , just in font an emergency — like crazy traffic , which happened in Moscow , or cost stall — come about . One of the van decided to quit and give a halt tramp a heave at one point .
The trip was performed as part of a road safety experiment place at improving self-propelling technology . It use an automated vision system call GOLD , Generic Obstacle and Lane Detector , to line up the speed and focussing of the fomite . The researcher hope this system could be used in motorcar to heighten and complement drivers ’ ability . [ Yahoo ! News ]
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