Autonomous vehiclesFirst driverless car 50 years ago
The tire manufacturer and automotive supplier Continental put the first driverless car on the test track 50 years ago. The aim at the time was to test the tires and obtain reproducible results.
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Pairs of antennas (red cylinders) attached to the front and rear of the vehicle measured the strength of the magnetic field generated by the conducting current.
Photo from October 1968