A driverless shuttle called Harry is coming to London and it's low-key exciting

They're probably not as glamorous and spectacularly futuristic as self-driving cars, but autonomous shuttles have some interesting near-future applications that shouldn't be easily dismissed. As part of a public trial that will see 100 people travelling in a prototype driverless vehicle in Greenwich, London, we got to test "Harry," a cute, symmetrical shuttle that is able to navigate the real-world environment without a steering wheel or typical driver controls. "Using five cameras and three 3D lasers, the shuttle is able to locate itself on the map without GPS and to understand how it needs to move to reach its destinations," Nick Reed, Academy Director at TRL, which leads the project, said. "It also detects other actors on the scene (pedestrians, vehicles, cyclists) and comes to a steady stop if it detects something on its path." Developed by British companies Westfield Sportscars, Heathrow Enterprises and Oxbotica, the shuttle seats four people but has a trained person on board who can use an emergency break if required.