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Theo Citroen.
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Testing ground in Singapore is almost like a mini town with streets, crosswalks, traffic signals and even this This is the bus stop.
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Is the bus stop like all of us?
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Because we are waiting for the bus.
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Our speaker.
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I'm here for my very first ride in a self driving shuttle bus.
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So you feel like within five years this will be a regular part of our life?
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Yes.
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In 3 to 5 years, this kind of service is actually rolling around the world.
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How long before I get in my car?
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I tell my car.
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Take me to work and it just goes for that to come.
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Probably another decade.
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Dr.
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Dilip Limb Booze company movie tha or move it autonomously is one of around a dozen firms testing vehicles here.
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Singapore's government wants to use the findings for driverless transport.
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Three goal is to reduce air pollution and chronic heavy traffic.
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The nerve center of all this innovation is Singapore's Nanyang Technological University, home to the Energy Research Institute and led by Professor Subodh.
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My soldier, How long did it take you to get used to being driven around without a drive?
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No, I don't think I'm still ready for.
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That's an honest it is.
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Hey says this technology might not be ready just yet, but it's coming much sooner than you think.
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So in just over a decade, what will our streets look like?
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You will have a mixed level of traffic between cars that are autonomous, able a swell as drivers, he says.
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Self driving Busses will solve Singapore's bus driver shortage.
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Robotic street sweepers will work the undesirable graveyard shift, and fully autonomous cars like this BMW, equipped with cameras and sensors will give new independence for those who can't drive.
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Cities, which have extremely high sophistication of infrastructure, would be the first places with autonomous vehicles would be deployed like Singapore.
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Like Singapore, Self driving technology still has its limits.
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A safety driver is necessary on our rise.
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Uh, con what was that?
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Oh, the emergency brake.
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Though this fender bender is a human error.
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We hit the curb their way back.
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Yeah, Pa, that this is like me when I was learning how to drive.
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Developers say that software learns much faster than your average teenage driver, which means in just a few years you could be sharing the road with a robot.