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autonomous vehicle

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autonomous vehicle

A passenger vehicle that drives by itself. Also known as the "driverless car," it automatically steers the vehicle by sensing the painted lines in the road or a magnetic monorail embedded in the road. In the late 1990s, prototype systems were built in Italy and the U.S. See automotive systems.



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None of the competitors was successful during the last race (in March 2004), fueling some naysayers' doubts about the suitability of autonomous vehicles for long-range military missions.
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