Car, Park Thyself: Volvo Shows off Prototype Self-Parking Feature

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Lest we think Toyota's self-parking option — offered on the Prius in the UK — was the last word in mechatronics systems, YouTube comes through with a history lesson. Working with Volvo, students in Sweden proved back in 2004 that with a few sensors, a video monitor and a tangle of electrical junk in the trunk, a Volvo can be rigged to parallel-park itself. You just know this is the next big thing after heated windshield washers.

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Evolve - A Student Project in Mechatronics in Collaboration with Volvo Cars [Link ping]

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