Nissan's Eporo robot car heads to the races, slow and steady (video)

Curious to see just how Nissan's crash-resistant Eporo "robot car" is faring? We caught a presentation at CEATEC today, and besides looking infinitely more adorable than last year's model, it also did a good job keeping things out of its personal bubbles in its slow-moving travels -- it even managed to avoid some of our obnoxious hand waving just over the course's boundaries. See it for yourself in video after the break.

Nissan's Eporo robot car heads to the races, slow and steady

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[(Unverified) Posted Oct 6th 2009 9:39AM]

Video not available..

Happens alot this... doesn't it :P

Meh, you still rock.

[monkey with glasses Posted Oct 6th 2009 10:28AM]

Who are you talking to?

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 6th 2009 3:15PM]

God.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 6th 2009 4:52PM]

Then what did I just watch? Don't put permanent comments on temporary problems ;)

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 6th 2009 9:41AM]

WHERE'S THE VIDEO, ENGADGET?!

[wilfulmac Posted Oct 6th 2009 9:43AM]

WHAT!!?? -"Video is not available"- A privatized feed? I think you should have gone with the public option in this instance.

[ch13fw Posted Oct 6th 2009 9:51AM]

ENGADGET VIDEO

Video not availabe

lulz

[jjgalvez Posted Oct 6th 2009 9:53AM]

I think they already noticed, I guess there is no need to keep posting the same message =)

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 6th 2009 10:22AM]

Here's the video on youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy7UVTjTe4I

[monkey with glasses Posted Oct 6th 2009 10:33AM]

Too slow, too ugly, too weird but nice concept. Now if they where all GTR's...

[glamajamma Posted Oct 6th 2009 10:41AM]

This video only works over Token ring.
Watching right now looks great.

It also may work over two cans with a string.

[jon Posted Oct 6th 2009 10:47AM]

Needs more car.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 6th 2009 11:28AM]

Hahaha, hilarious. Couldn't help laughing watching this video.

[Don Corleone Posted Oct 6th 2009 11:32AM]

Needs more frickin laser.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 6th 2009 12:33PM]

Can we say hello cylon!

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 6th 2009 4:36PM]

Yeah I'm going to need a whole crate load of these guys.

I wish to walk around the city with a gaggle of robot ducks behind me.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 6th 2009 4:50PM]

That white one in the middle is begging for a FAIL tag.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 6th 2009 4:55PM]

I wonder if they can do the same without going left-right-left-right and at 60+ miles per hour.

[watercloset Posted Oct 6th 2009 6:10PM]

They look like plastic peeps.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 7th 2009 12:20PM]

For the most part it looks good, though the one that had to stop while avoiding the "dead" robot kind of concerns me. That would not be fun at highway speeds. Clearly it needs some work before hitting the road, but it's a hell of a lot better than the average Roomba. I'd love to see this kind of programming get incorporated into more bots.