Driverless Truck Lurches Out of Lab

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Driverless Truck Lurches Out of Lab
Truck That Drives Itself Lurches From Lab to Streets; Intended for Military Use
By DINESH RAMDE
The Associated Press
OSHKOSH, Wis.


Sitting high in the cab of the hulking lime-green TerraMax truck, a driver can be excused for instinctively grabbing the steering wheel.

There's no need. TerraMax is a self-driving vehicle, a prototype designed to navigate and obey traffic rules all while the people inside, if there are any, do anything but drive.

During a recent test on property owned by manufacturer Oshkosh Truck Co., TerraMax barreled down a dusty road with its driver seat empty. It stopped at a four-way intersection and waited as staged traffic resolved before obediently lurching on its way.

If the Defense Department gets its way, vehicles like TerraMax about as long as a typical sport utility vehicle and almost twice as high could represent the future of transportation for the military's ground forces....cont'd

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