On Thursday, Nissan unveiled its EPORO robot car concept, which is designed to travel in groups with the behavior of school of fish to avoid the accidents.
This odd looking EPORO robot car concept will make its formal debut at the CEATEC Japan 2009 electronic technology show, which is starting on October 6, bears a striking resemblance to the Jawas in Star Wars.
The Jawas were a pygmy race that inhabited the desert planet of Tatooine. They were almost entirely covered in brown cloaks and had glowing eyes.
New-odd-looking EPORO robot car is available in variety of colors, including brown and pink and it also appears of having little eyes. According to Nissan, it’s a first robotic carwhich travels in a group by sharing the position and information of others within a group via communication technologies.
The Japanese automaker pointed the fish concept which can change the traveling direction without colliding with each other. The fish move side by side, that even keeping a certain distance between each fish.
According to manager of Nissan’s Mobility Laboratory, Toshiyuki Andou, in the world of motor, there is lot to learn from the behavior of a school of fish in terms of each fish’s degree of freedom and safety within a school.
EPORO robot car is not the first one, made by Nissan and it got inspirited from the nature. The Nissan BR23C or Biomimetic Car Robot Drive concept was inspired by the flight of the bumblebee.
