A car that can drive itself has successfully completed its first public test drive on the streets of Berlin.
The VW has been specially adapted by experts at Berlin's Free University.
A computer controls the steering, brakes and acceleration while scanners, radar and cameras monitor other traffic.
Meanwhile, a precision GPS system means that the car always knows where it is to within a one metre margin of error.
However, it is still not considered foolproof and needs a driver behind the wheel, just in case it decides to crash itself.
Berlin Free University's Paul Rojas said: "The car is intelligent in that it can recognise its surroundings. It can react to events.
"Of course, it doesn't compare to an real life form - it's an intelligent artefact."
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