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A typical RVR system is created around a visibility sensor, an ambient light sensor, a runway light intensity monitor, a data processing unit and a control display unit. RVR units are typically c ...

It pairs easily with a phone/tablet app and can work as a remote control car, but it also can be programmed using Scratch or Javascript. The RVR has a color sensor (which came from Sphero's ...

How it works is simple: the driver seals the vehicle's container at the base depot, before phoning through a seal number to RVR's control room where an operator enters it into RVR's ‘MASterMind' ...

The Trailer Valet RVR, however, is intended to make the job easier. Essentially, it's a remote-control trailer-parking tank. Equipped with either two or four planetary gear motors (depending on ...