Researchers showcase automated bus that uses magnets to steer through city streets

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The driver controlled braking and speed while magnets guided steering as this bus made a demonstration run along a San Leandro street. (Bill StoneCalifornia PATH UC Berkeley photo)
The driver controlled braking and speed, while magnets guided steering as this bus made a demonstration run along a San Leandro street. (Bill Stone/California PATH, UC Berkeley photo)

(PhysOrg.com) -- The thought of a bus moving along city streets while its driver has both hands off the wheel is alarming. But a special bus introduced today (Friday, Sept. 5), steered not by a driver, but by a magnetic guidance system developed by engineers at the University of California, Berkeley, performed with remarkable precision.


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