Hi guys. I just checked and yes, there are already electronic towbars in development. They use infrared signals along with a "Lane Keeping System" and""Cruise Control". Distance between vehicles is longer than I was imagining (6-12m) but they are using trucks so... they also use them in series called ""Platooning".
It's called the "Chauffeur 2" project. An overview is at
http://www.itsforum.gr.jp/Public/E4Meetings/P01/fremont5_2_2.pdf
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A little extra... some of the how-to can be found in a UCLA Electrical Engineering Department paper called
IRIS: Intelligent Ranging with
Infrared Sensors
Go to
http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/sp/its-idea_61.pdf
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