Do you like Cars and Robotics as much as we do? If so, we've found something interesting for you to read during the Weekend.
eDumper, Killer-robots and Driverless cars
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1) The #1 choice is eDumper. Have you heard about it? It is an electric dump truck, a very famous one.
"Beyond being electric, there are two cool things about it," Wired describes. "First, it's huge — HUGE. It weighs 45 tons. Second, it doesn't need an external power source to charge the batteries. It charges itself by moving a bunch of rocks down an incline. That is indeed awesome.
Follow the link if you want to know how eDumper works.
2) The story about future expansion of robot-killers written by The Atlantic (yep, they really like creating gloomy tales).
Tomorrow's wars will be faster, more high-tech, and less human than ever before. Welcome to a new era of machine-driven warfare, they say.
Read the full story here.
3) Can you imagine an absolutely free downtown parking? Thanks to AV's it may become a reality.
Because driverless cars could park outside urban cores to avoid the higher parking charges downtown, they might considerably affect urban land use.
Read about how bargain-hunting robocars could spell the end for downtown parking on Singularity Hub.