Another Huge Step Towards Self-Driving Cars
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From: T.J. Higgins on 26 Apr 2010 15:55 In article <Xns9D6676D4948F2larrybud2002yahoocom(a)204.153.245.22>, Larrybud wrote: >ernest.p.worrell(a)vernal.equinox.edu (T.J. Higgins) wrote in >news:6ZCdnRVoL67Ow17WnZ2dnUVZ_hQ0AAAA(a)posted.hiwaay2: > >> In article <87f5s51329765f0bgjng02r2ii081qu2gu(a)4ax.com>, Scott >> in SoCal wrote: >>>The title of the article is "Audi�s Robotic Car Drives Better >>>Than You Do" - and that's undoubtedly true in 99.999% of cases. >>>Notice how the team leveraged the existing OEM gadgetry in the >>>car, such as the adaptive cruise control and the drive-by-wire >>>throttle, and added a "shoebox" full of their own hardware. >>>Imagine what they could do if they filled the entire trunk with >>>gear... >> >> Would you want to be a passenger in a car driven by a computer? >> Not me. I don't even want to be in a car with throttle-by-wire. > >Do you fly in jumbo jets? Yes. But as has been discussed here ad infinitum, the software and hardware in jets undergoes very rigorous testing. Cars, not so much. When they do, then I'll drop my reservations. -- TJH tjhiggin.at.hiwaay.dot.net
From: Larrybud on 4 May 2010 11:43 ernest.p.worrell(a)vernal.equinox.edu (T.J. Higgins) wrote in news:M8KdnbAQpu9TckjWnZ2dnUVZ_qmdnZ2d(a)posted.hiwaay2: > In article > <Xns9D6676D4948F2larrybud2002yahoocom(a)204.153.245.22>, Larrybud > wrote: >>ernest.p.worrell(a)vernal.equinox.edu (T.J. Higgins) wrote in >>news:6ZCdnRVoL67Ow17WnZ2dnUVZ_hQ0AAAA(a)posted.hiwaay2: >> >>> In article <87f5s51329765f0bgjng02r2ii081qu2gu(a)4ax.com>, Scott >>> in SoCal wrote: >>>>The title of the article is "Audi�s Robotic Car Drives Better >>>>Than You Do" - and that's undoubtedly true in 99.999% of >>>>cases. Notice how the team leveraged the existing OEM gadgetry >>>>in the car, such as the adaptive cruise control and the >>>>drive-by-wire throttle, and added a "shoebox" full of their >>>>own hardware. Imagine what they could do if they filled the >>>>entire trunk with gear... >>> >>> Would you want to be a passenger in a car driven by a >>> computer? Not me. I don't even want to be in a car with >>> throttle-by-wire. >> >>Do you fly in jumbo jets? > > Yes. But as has been discussed here ad infinitum, the software > and hardware in jets undergoes very rigorous testing. Cars, not > so much. When they do, then I'll drop my reservations. There's no point for auto software to go through the same testing procedures as aircraft precisely because they aren't driving the car.
From: T.J. Higgins on 5 May 2010 09:50 In article <Xns9D6E77534938Alarrybud2002yahoocom(a)204.153.245.20>, Larrybud wrote: >ernest.p.worrell(a)vernal.equinox.edu (T.J. Higgins) wrote in >news:M8KdnbAQpu9TckjWnZ2dnUVZ_qmdnZ2d(a)posted.hiwaay2: > >> In article >> <Xns9D6676D4948F2larrybud2002yahoocom(a)204.153.245.22>, Larrybud >> wrote: >>>ernest.p.worrell(a)vernal.equinox.edu (T.J. Higgins) wrote in >>>news:6ZCdnRVoL67Ow17WnZ2dnUVZ_hQ0AAAA(a)posted.hiwaay2: >>> >>>> In article <87f5s51329765f0bgjng02r2ii081qu2gu(a)4ax.com>, Scott >>>> in SoCal wrote: >>>>>The title of the article is "Audi�s Robotic Car Drives Better >>>>>Than You Do" - and that's undoubtedly true in 99.999% of >>>>>cases. Notice how the team leveraged the existing OEM gadgetry >>>>>in the car, such as the adaptive cruise control and the >>>>>drive-by-wire throttle, and added a "shoebox" full of their >>>>>own hardware. Imagine what they could do if they filled the >>>>>entire trunk with gear... >>>> >>>> Would you want to be a passenger in a car driven by a >>>> computer? Not me. I don't even want to be in a car with >>>> throttle-by-wire. >>> >>>Do you fly in jumbo jets? >> >> Yes. But as has been discussed here ad infinitum, the software >> and hardware in jets undergoes very rigorous testing. Cars, not >> so much. When they do, then I'll drop my reservations. > >There's no point for auto software to go through the same testing >procedures as aircraft precisely because they aren't driving the >car. Tell that to the people in the runaway Toyotas... -- TJH tjhiggin.at.hiwaay.dot.net
From: AZ Nomad on 5 May 2010 20:13 On Wed, 05 May 2010 08:50:02 -0500, T.J. Higgins <ernest.p.worrell(a)vernal.equinox.edu> wrote: >In article <Xns9D6E77534938Alarrybud2002yahoocom(a)204.153.245.20>, Larrybud wrote: >>ernest.p.worrell(a)vernal.equinox.edu (T.J. Higgins) wrote in >>news:M8KdnbAQpu9TckjWnZ2dnUVZ_qmdnZ2d(a)posted.hiwaay2: >> >>> In article >>> <Xns9D6676D4948F2larrybud2002yahoocom(a)204.153.245.22>, Larrybud >>> wrote: >>>>ernest.p.worrell(a)vernal.equinox.edu (T.J. Higgins) wrote in >>>>news:6ZCdnRVoL67Ow17WnZ2dnUVZ_hQ0AAAA(a)posted.hiwaay2: >>>> >>>>> In article <87f5s51329765f0bgjng02r2ii081qu2gu(a)4ax.com>, Scott >>>>> in SoCal wrote: >>>>>>The title of the article is "Audi?s Robotic Car Drives Better >>>>>>Than You Do" - and that's undoubtedly true in 99.999% of >>>>>>cases. Notice how the team leveraged the existing OEM gadgetry >>>>>>in the car, such as the adaptive cruise control and the >>>>>>drive-by-wire throttle, and added a "shoebox" full of their >>>>>>own hardware. Imagine what they could do if they filled the >>>>>>entire trunk with gear... >>>>> >>>>> Would you want to be a passenger in a car driven by a >>>>> computer? Not me. I don't even want to be in a car with >>>>> throttle-by-wire. >>>> >>>>Do you fly in jumbo jets? >>> >>> Yes. But as has been discussed here ad infinitum, the software >>> and hardware in jets undergoes very rigorous testing. Cars, not >>> so much. When they do, then I'll drop my reservations. >> >>There's no point for auto software to go through the same testing >>procedures as aircraft precisely because they aren't driving the >>car. >Tell that to the people in the runaway Toyotas... For every runaway toyota, there's twenty thousand runaway cars driven by inattentive drivers. Time to take the hysteria down a notch.
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