Land Rover Enters the LR3 for Technological Competition
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Urban Challenge, the annual competition that comprises of high-technology vehicles attempting to surpass and outshine one another, will be held on the 3rd of November. The Land Rover brand, for its part, is partnering with the scientific geniuses of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in providing an enhanced version of the Land Rover LR3.
Indeed, the LR3, with its superior Land Rover Parts, has been transformed to an even more superior version of itself, what with the modified and incorporated attributes of being able to “drive itself and perform simple tasks such as avoiding obstacles and merging into moving traffic.”
Aside from its high performing Land Rover Engine Parts, the LR3 has been duly equipped by the MIT group with a series of Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) range finders and vision sensors, which are devices responsible for the machine’s instinct of not running into things. Furthermore, the vehicle also makes use of an inertial navigation system (INS), as well as a global positioning system.
In a statement last Monday, Land Rover discloses the following: “With this combination of technology, the vehicle can locate itself within half of a meter anywhere in the world, giving it the ability to stay on the road at all times. By grouping these technologies, the LR3 can navigate itself while avoiding anything that might get in its way.”