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by Brandon Hill - Thu, Jun 16, 2016

IBM Watson Makes The Wheels On The Olli Self-Driving Bus Go Round-And-Round

Google’s self-driving cars have largely been a west coast affair (save for a pilot program in Austin, Texas), but those on the east coast looking to catch a glimpse at a computer-driven vehicle on public roads will soon have their chance. Local Motors, which has already garnered plenty of attention as being the first company in the world to 3D print a car, has teamed up with IBM to rollout the Olli self-driving bus. Olli uses a tweaked version of IBM Watson IoT, which is geared towards automotive applications. Olli has room for up to 12 passengers and has over 30 sensors spread throughout the vehicle. By taking advantage of four Watson APIs — which include Speech to Text, Natural Language... Read more...