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From: richard on 12 Apr 2010 02:49
On Sun, 11 Apr 2010 23:35:22 -0700, 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...
>

Taking that idea one step further, how about autonomous race cars?
For example, the Indy cars could all be robot driven. Pit bot against bot
instead of driver against driver. In case of accident, no human life is in
danger.
From: Brent on 12 Apr 2010 08:30
On 2010-04-12, richard <member(a)newsguy.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 11 Apr 2010 23:35:22 -0700, 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...

We could have the horrors of the claybrookian and gore control freaks in
DC programming when, where, and how fast we could drive. You know they
wouldn't be able to resist that kind of power.

> Taking that idea one step further, how about autonomous race cars?
> For example, the Indy cars could all be robot driven. Pit bot against bot
> instead of driver against driver. In case of accident, no human life is in
> danger.

It would get attention for a little while then fade back into obscurity
like those robot battle competitions. Race car fans and drivers
wouldn't be interested.
From: T.J. Higgins on 12 Apr 2010 13:53
In article <1r1kzhwvxm0zn.h4nkvyxv12z9$.dlg(a)40tude.net>, richard wrote:
>On Sun, 11 Apr 2010 23:35:22 -0700, 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...
>>
>
>Taking that idea one step further, how about autonomous race cars?
>For example, the Indy cars could all be robot driven. Pit bot against bot
>instead of driver against driver. In case of accident, no human life is in
>danger.

I'm reminded of the episode of The Jetsons where George and Elroy
went to the football game and all the players were robots...

--
TJH

tjhiggin.at.hiwaay.dot.net
From: T.J. Higgins on 12 Apr 2010 13:54
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.

--
TJH

tjhiggin.at.hiwaay.dot.net
From: Larrybud on 26 Apr 2010 11:40
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?
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