• Nightwatch Admin
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      35 months ago

      I think it runs on a rail - my guess is the red line hides a track that the machine follows.

      • @[email protected]
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        85 months ago

        The red line is pavement. But it looks like there’s a bit of very narrow gauge track that the car actually runs on to the left

        • Nightwatch Admin
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          25 months ago

          This is a self driving tram provided by the Korean Railroad Research Institute to this research project. As so often, these “autonomous” vehicles merely follow a special trail that is embedded in the tarmac, often with an indicator colour on top. The rail-ish thing you mentioned is just too far away from the vehicle, and there’s only one.
          So only one question remains: is it a car? Maybe.

          • @[email protected]
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            15 months ago

            isn’t it the same thing as a car but it just uses magnets rather than paint for road markings

  • @LANIK2000
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    105 months ago

    A neat little taxi, the fact that it’s safe and quiet enough to go inside large buildings/complexes is also neat. Just confused why it’s called a “mini-tram”, considering that it doesn’t even remotely fit the definition. I mean it’s not like it’ll ever fill the role of a tram in any capacity, it’ll always just be a fancy private taxi for shortish distances.

    • @[email protected]
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      35 months ago

      It’s not a tram, it’s not the first ever vehicle to be able to move vertically with an elevator either. If any it resembles a car in a car elevator. It’s something but it’s definitely not a tram. Autonomous magnetically guided minibus.

  • @twelverabbits
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    15 months ago

    I think it might be autonomous. At least, it looks exactly like some driverless vehicles that are being tested in my city. They can’t navigate just anywhere though. They use cameras to follow a prescribed route. My guess is that this one follows the painted red line and uses cameras for collision avoidance.