Lexus LS 500h concept will make you feel superhuman

Lexus has confirmed it will unveil a Lexus LS 500h at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas next week that's claimed to be the most sophisticated self-driving vehicle it has ever built.

Developed with Lexus and the US-based Toyota Research Institute, the concept is named the TRI-P4 and is based on the car-maker's fifth-generation Lexus LS 500h.

Along with offering engineers superior chassis and steering control over previous vehicles, the heavily adapted Lexus LS 500h hybrid comes with a whole roof rack rammed full of cameras, radar, lidar and even thermal imaging cameras.

Supplementing the roof-mounted cameras' all-seeing eyes, another two cameras have been placed on the front fenders that look both forward and behind.

Unlike other autonomous vehicles that are created with the ultimate aim of removing the human from the driver equation, Lexus and Toyota engineers say the TRI-P4 works with you and has been designed to amplify the driver's performance behind the wheel -- hence the claim driving the modified Lexus LS 500h gives you 'superhuman' abilities.

This is in part down to the TRI-P4 huge array of sensors and cameras feeding information to both the on-board computer and, eventually, the driver when needed.

Incorporating the latest artificial intelligence, the TRI-P4 benefits from machine learning, ensuring its systems improve the more time spent driving on real roads.

Lexus will explain how exactly the TRI-P4 works when it unveils the advanced Lexus LS 500h concept later this week at CES.