After about two decades of continuous research on Intelligent Vehicles, VisLab is preparing to set a new worldwide milestone in the field of Vehicular Robotics. Autonomous vehicles are being prepared and tested to drive with no human intervention from Parma, Italy, to Shanghai, China, along a 13,000 km and 3 months unique journey.
Not only the vehicles are unmanned, but they run on electrical power and the whole electronic pilot is powered by solar energy, making this trip unique in history: goods packed in Italy will be brought to Shanghai on an intercontinental route with no human intervention and without using traditional fuel for the first time in history.
You can discover the challenge, read about the difficulties, and follow the expedition live on www.IntercontinentalChallenge.eu ; a blog is also available to interact with the engineers testing and following the vehicles. Live video streaming from the vehicles is available during the whole expedition, so that the world will be able to eye-witness this historical milestone.
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