Navia (vehicle)

The Navia is an electric 10-passenger[1] robo-driven vehicle made by France's Induct Technology. It operates at a maximum speed of 20 km/h (12.5 mph), using four lidar ("LIght raDAR") units, along with stereoscopic optical cameras, to generate a real-time 3D map of its surroundings. It does not require rails, overhead lines or other road changes.[2]

It is being tested at campuses in Switzerland, the United Kingdom and Singapore.[1]

Applications

Plans call for it to transport passengers between Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and JTC Corporation's CleanTech Park over a 2 km (1.2 mi) 2-km (1.2-mile) route. Passengers select their destination stop on a touchscreen display.[2]

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gollark: It is, unfortunately, hard (for practical and ethical reasons) to really field-test them, but you can do simulations of some things.
gollark: It's reasonable and good to think abstractly about the pros and cons of different social/political/economic systems so we can consider which ones might be better in various ways.
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gollark: You can totally somewhat advance plan political stuff.

References
  1. "Navia - The first driverless vehicle introduced by Induct company - Sci/Tech - DNA". Dnaindia.com. 2013-10-22. Retrieved 2014-01-09.
  2. "Singapore to try out driverless shuttle on public roads". Gizmag.com. Retrieved 2013-08-19.


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