A trial run of 40 LUTZ Pathfinder driverless pods will take to the streets_paths of Milton Keynes in the UK later this year, according to the ‘UK’s innovation center for Intelligent Mobility,’ better known (perhaps) as the_Transport Systems Catapult. The first of the pods will be_unveiled at a government launch event in London today, and when they arrive_will be_the first self-driving_vehicles to work on public footpaths. Each pod can carry two passengers and will come equipped with routing and sensor technology from_the University of Oxford’s Mobile Robotics Group. The info panel for a driverless pod showing the speed (left and…

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