WAYMOs ... why can't I do that on my layout??

@AlanRail : Well, if anyone can do this, I'm sure you can! Amazing work you do and thanks for sharing and moving the technology forward!

@AlanRail posted:

So I thought I need to equip a few 1/48 cars with automotion-like motors, "mini" radar systems around each car that control the motor and steering and Wi-Fi control connections.

Mmm, well IIRC there are some Faller systems that can pretty much do this, though on a predetermined course (a buried guide wire I believe) but I understand each vehicle is capable of stopping/slowing the overtaking vehicle when it is in danger of overtaking the preceding vehicle.

Of course, this is not an issue for other systems like the Magnorail system, which uses buried magnets on a chain drive to both guide the vehicles and move all of them at the same speed. None of this is a true autonomous system . . . but then again, none of our trains run on wood, coal or diesel/fuel oil either!