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Robot race cars next year


ReconRat

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Autonomous cars (no driver) in electric Formula E next year. They aren't perfect yet...

 

http://www.wired.com/2015/12/roborace-autonomous-vehicle-racing/

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"Someday soon, motorsports fans may talk about the rivalries between two computer programs the way they now talk about Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost."

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I realize that "MotoBot" is as much a marketing gimmick as an actual experiment, but it will be limited by using human controls.

Build a completely contained autonomous 2-wheeled vehicle, and watch it set track records within a couple years... Computers can "learn" enough to react to most on-track situations appropriately after a few attempts. What they lack is judgment for variables that they haven't previously encountered.

Alone on a dry track, the robot should do great. Add in weather conditions, other riders, etc., and then the computer has to strategize. That's a lot harder task.

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