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Watch a humanoid robot driving a car extremely slowly

New Scientist

A humanoid robot that can drive a car could one day be used as a chauffeur, though its creator concedes that this may take at least 50 years. Most driverless cars work very differently to a human driver, using artificial intelligence and custom mechanical systems to directly move the steering wheel and pedals. This approach is much more efficient and simpler than using a humanoid robot to drive, but it is also bespoke for each particular car. Kento Kawaharazuka at the University of Tokyo and his colleagues have developed a humanoid robot, called Musashi, that can drive a car in the same way as a human. It has a human-like "skeleton" and "musculature", as well as cameras in each of its eyes and force sensors in its hands and feet.

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