{"261891":{"#nid":"261891","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Ford Steps on the Driverless-Car Gas","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFord\u0027s vision for a driverless car future likely will materialize in phases. Vehicle-to-vehicle communications could become mainstream in the mid-term, with autopilot capabilities permitting vehicle \u0022platooning.\u0022\u0026nbsp;Researchers are optimistic about potential benefits of autonomous driving technology to consumers, said Panagiotis Tsiotras, professor and director of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/soliton.ae.gatech.edu\/labs\/dcsl\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EDynamics and Control Systems Laboratory\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;at the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca class=\u0022story-keyword-offsite\u0022 href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27255","created_gmt":"2013-12-17 23:46:51","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:26:54","author":"Josie Giles","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Helene Boulanger","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.technewsworld.com\/story\/emerging-tech\/79638.html","dateline":{"date":"2013-12-13T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2013-12-13T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"142761","name":"IRIM"}],"categories":[{"id":"152","name":"Robotics"}],"keywords":[{"id":"82411","name":"autonomous cars"},{"id":"81491","name":"Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines (IRIM)"},{"id":"82401","name":"Panagiotis Tsiotras"},{"id":"667","name":"robotics"},{"id":"2352","name":"robots"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}