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When I think of airbags, I picture them inside the car. But what if we equipped cars with outer airbags to protect pedestrians?
That’s exactly what Toyoda Gosei (an offshoot of Toyota) has done with these prototypes: they’ve equipped cars with camera and radar sensors to detect pedestrians and (presumably) activate the outer airbags to protect anyone within range of the car…
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June 6th, 2008
stumble it! digg it!
author: karen m.
filed under: robotics | strange and wonderful
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I guess that Sony and Honda’s Dancing robots weren’t enough proof that designing humanoid robots was a waste of time and money….
Toyota has now developed a Trumpet playing robot. The world is saved!..
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June 29th, 2006
stumble it! digg it!
author: technabob