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		finnw on July 12, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: DARPA and Boston Dynamics unveil a new humanoid ro... A robot that drives a vehicle can be an integral part of that vehicle, likely far cheaper than a humanoid robot that fits in the seat (and also shares the human driver's disadvantage of poor peripheral vision.)

Goronmon on July 12, 2013 [–]

Then how about being able to be a passenger in a vehicle with any special modification?

mturmon on July 12, 2013 | | [–]

Exactly. Entering a vehicle was one of the challenges in the most recent DARPA evaluation of teams developing high level control software for this robot.

cookingrobot on July 13, 2013 | | [–]

You could just use a pickup truck.

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