Lagosians Left in Shock as Company Showcases 'Driver-less' Car Publicly (Video)

The vehicle being showcased on Lagos road

 

Research programmes in developed countries have progressed in the production of driverless cars over the years and it seems Nigeria has been integrated into fray through the showcasing of the first driverless vehicle in Lagos, Nigeria on the 2nd of July, 2016.

 

A company named Techplus is leading the technological campaign with a successful exhibition of a beautiful spot car that was remotely controlled without a driver. A proper exhibition has been scheduled for the 21st to the 23rd of July, 2016.

 

 

 

For the purpose of orientation, Tori News provides you with further details about the autonomous car which maybe taking over the streets in years to come.

 

Read details below;

 

An autonomous car (driverless car, self-driving car, robotic car is a vehicle that is capable of sensing its environment and navigating without human input.

Autonomous vehicles detect surroundings using radar, lidar, GPS, odometry, and computer vision. Advanced control systems interpret sensory information to identify appropriate navigation paths, as well as obstacles and relevant signage.

 

Autonomous cars have control systems that are capable of analyzing sensory data to distinguish between different cars on the road, which is very useful in planning a path to the desired destination.

Some demonstrative systems, precursory to autonomous cars, date back to the 1920s and 30s. The first self-sufficient (and therefore, truly autonomous) cars appeared in the 1980s, with Carnegie Mellon University's Navlab and ALV projects in 1984 and Mercedes-Benz and Bundeswehr University Munich's Eureka Prometheus Project in 1987.

 

Since then, numerous major companies and research organizations have developed working prototype autonomous vehicles.

 

Watch the Lagos exhibition below: