Stanford robot car "Junior" in action, DARPA Urban Challenge

[happinesson]

this is a tremendous success! 

[potpie921]

great!

[thebigfootme]

good job!

[Onlyfreebiejeebies11]

Could it horn?

[knuxthefox]

Then when the car malfunctions and goes out of control, you call in the eX-Drivers!

[Destm157]

Now make it transform!

[Arb1ter]

In capitalist America, car drives you!

[Stego2001]

Can the automatic cars respond to hand gestures from cops directing traffic?

[digerpaji]

@Stego2001 ofcourse it can, it can do anything that a man can do

[narutokage777]

@Stego2001 only with a kinect

[bobrec3GTI]

It would be nice to avoid a DUI

[MrArnuxS]

what if it rains?

[TheSharkElite]

i cant trust this vehicle..

[visnevskiscom]

I hope manned driving won't get forbidden one day.

[drKlitzman]

Blue screen of death CRASH

[dapperswindler]

This would allow you to subscribe to an automated car service. 1: No maintenance hassles 2: No maintenance fees 3: No dealer BS while purchasing a car 4: No huge debts from owning a car 5: No insurance fees 6: No parking structure fees. 7: No registration fees 8: No unnecessary detours (what taxis are known for) 9: No worrying about your car in a bad neighborhood 10: No driveways/garages. These can be re-purposed to expand the size ones home. 11: No police tickets ever!

[nuggert]

in 10 years , this will be old school

[Tevion8685]

oh yeah....knight rider :-D

[johnson1095]

now if someone could JUST make a self driving car that didn't have all that stuff on it... or AT LEAST made it so that it wasn't really that noticable!

[cyberlord64]

@johnson1095 well... if you insist here you go: watch?v=do7SVxp_D6A&feature=re­lated

[henrikmk]

@johnson1095 This is a fairly old video (2007) and their new vehicles only have the spinning LIDAR on the roof and are allowed to drive in public.

[roleplayman]

i wish i was in Stanford robot team.

[MrChickensoup]

what a shame they 're so hell bent on automating things cann't sove our dependents on petroleum or cleaner technology but making things less on human opperated

[InsideBotBall]

We had to research and make a website about autonomous vehicles.

Nice Video!

[IN35335]

I really hope this technology gets released soon. 

[loopafox]

im suprised there isnt more attention on this sort of thing.

its gotta be almost the same as when planes came out, i mean if a car company could suddenly sell a car to any person even a 15 yr old, their market just grew by like 60%

think about all the rich kids that got mobile phones, and if you could retro fit any car with a automatic moduel, there is so much money in that industry, i cant believe the grant is only 2million or watever.

[tubericky]

por fin una alternativa para las mujeres en el volante, al final fueron lo hombres los que encontraron la solución... de esta forma las mujeres tendran mas tiempo para pensar sobre las compras que deban hacer del supermercado y llevarlo a casa... jejeje... es solo una broma... me gusta este proyecto

[kaasis85]

I doubt that rigged card like this will cost much. Equipment itself is cheap, research done over years is costly. Because applications for cars like this are vast the price will go down as more businesses people will buy them. Taxis, lorries, there are so many uses, they just need to proove that statistically cars like this are safer than manned ones. And because you don't need a driver, savings are incredible.

[d0md0mt0mt0m]

Would have been fucking hilarious if it just came and ran him over right at the end lmao

[felippepereira]

The only idiot here is you. Moore s law (do you even know whats that?) only applies to computers and not lidars, high accuracy gps and so on. If you don t undestand shit about this subject shut up!

[Felippepereira1]

Are autonomous cars possible in the near future? Yes, but a car with ladars and these other sensors would cost like 1 milion dollars. Only very few people will pay 1 million dollars for a car with this "acessory".

[koffiegast]

it doesnt cost a million dollars.

[Felippepereira1]

ok maybe not 1 million dollars, but doing an simplistic analysis whe can see that: the lidars cost around 70k, the high accuracy gps 40k, the servers around 10k, the car itself 20k, the electromechanical set around 50k if not more, so the final price of the product will be very prohibitive. In my opinion the inicial cost of the car will be the big drawnback of this technology and not technical or legal issues. Anyway, just my opinion.

[vrshowdown]

give it 10 more years .. the computer side of this technology will be dirt cheap !

[d0md0mt0mt0m]

Idiot. Do you even look at what's around you? Computers now would have cost billions years ago. Now almost anyone can buy them. Things go down in price as more people buy them.

[gothguy18]

robot cars will eliminate the don't drink and drive thing.

[ChrisMacClain]

why do all robot cars have to be "He's"...

[snipersas]

THE PATRIARCHY

[davidallen2]

because the females can't drive haha snap

[chubawoodz]

wow talk about auto pilot

[insanity54]

LIDAR is so badass!

[DILLIGAFFUM]

geek mobile

[arbide2]

This is a part of DARPA which is the R&D branch of the Military Industrial Complex.

DARPA is also the main invester in alternative energies to create a more efficient military.

Things in this world are not what they initially seem.

[Personaboutspeed]

I <3 AI/Robots, And seeing stuff like this just Inspires me more and more and Brings a Tear to my Eye by how far AI Technology has Advanced.

[uwgsu]

I still have yet to see these working in weather conditions Fog/Rain/Snow/Ice might be to much for the AI :P

[xxkil]

i agree with dodow1234 were,s kitt and not that new shitty mustang OUR K.I.T.T

[PeazyThaHeazy]

but can it go in reverse?

[dodow1234]

I wonder when they start making kitt from knight rider

[tuneoftheweek]

Best thing after hard night at pub

[atotoole21]

You read my mind...and people wonder why so much money is going into projects like this.

[Mushu909]

is that an ipod dock in front of the laser scanner.

[scotamiran]

hahaha it DOES look like an iPod dock doesnt it?!?!!!!

[sicfukc]

This will make CIA Suicide Assassins' Jobs much easier... lmfao

[helgidude]

uu so when pl drive that in the store but the trunk is filled with some 2 power full computers were are gonna put the grossery bags?

[hrthrhs]

U put the grocery bags in the seats and let the car drive itself home whilst u catch a cab...lol...

[SOLIDSNAKEONLY1]

@hrthrhs lol

[vrshowdown]

"uu so when pl drive that in the store but the trunk is filled with some 2 power full computers were are gonna put the grossery bags?"

The computers that are powerful now will be small as a I phone  in 5 years

[yoophglup]

i think this car is badass. i don't like the lazer scanner on the top. I would prefer to see an internal radar or maybe sound responsive. All that stuff on top kind looks ghost busters like.

[ashoftomorrow]

hm, don't you mean sonar? because what would sound response do on an automated car... play music in the car and the computers would overload and then you'd be screwed.

[trsdrt]

why would you play music if no one is in it?

this is awesome. i wish i went to stanford

[ashoftomorrow]

isn't the ultimate purpose for any car to have people ride inside of it? I mean, this car has no one inside of it while the video is being taken but the purpose of making a car like this would probably be to carry people. But, you know, if the idea behind a car like that was to carry supplies of some sort I'd be completely wrong!

I wish i went to stanford and could see this thing in action too. self driving cars are pretty much the coolest thing ever.

[xsoburg]

Beginning to look like some thing from Cars! LOL

[voicecheck1212]

thats like saying saving lives is playing god, for the destiny of life is only in gods hand... and so lets do away with hospitals and just pray at home. Seriously dude. get real.

[MuslimGhost]

While these fags are trying to play God, cant they see the Creator's genius? There must be at least a million lines of code and tons of complex hardware making that machine do those trivial tasks. Every single day, from the tiniest insects, all the way to humans and all sorts of other animals, we have brains that allow us to do the most complicated tasks and maneuvers that would put any engineer to shame.

[voicecheck1212]

Who said they were trying to play God????? you really are an idiot aren't you. And take that 'muslim' out of your name. your logic is an insult to muslims!

[MuslimGhost]

What is artificial intelligence, if not for an attempt to emulate the creation of intelligent life by human beings? You're the idiot, especially since you think DARPA is trying to make helpful robot cars, when all they're interested in is developping military weapons which will eventually be used against the average citizen in order to allow the global elite to install a one-world-government policy. DOWN WITH DARPA!

[angel2901]

@ MuslimGhost: Why Im not suprised that such a statement comes from religios freak?!

Ever heard of "Technological Sigularity"?

We will build our own God. With AI that is smarter tha us. So your little fairy tale will be soon forgotten!

[MuslimGhost]

The only fairy tale around here is your delusion of playing God. Little do you realize it is nothing more than a repeat of the first sin Adam commited, when Satan tricked him into believing he could be like God. Go, delude yourself, but know you will surely dwell in hell for your blasphemy.

[angel2901]

LOL! Do you really believe that? Did God gave us the Internet, Planes, Anti-biotics, computers etc? Computer Chips will soon have more power than a human brain. Than AI will exceed us because of the much higher processing power!

[MuslimGhost]

Hahahaha... like I said, just look at how much effort went into making that car do something soo basic... every day, even the simplest of animals do much more. Can you build a hummingbird? Can you build something as simple as a measly fly? No. You just keep deluding yourself.

[angel2901]

Did you ever heard of "Evolution"? Nobody made these things. Nature developed it and it took Millions of Millions of years. And how much time we needed to build a car or a plane?! So, if we can achieve AI in 1000 years we are still so much faster! But it will only take about 30-50 years.

[MuslimGhost]

hahaha.. nature is non existant, it is a law, like physics.. it obeys God... if your theory is correct, you can just leave that car alone, and millions of years from now, without any human messing with the car, it will somehow evolve and become alive and super intelligent.. That is precisely what evolution is: nonliving stuff suddenly became alive, and miraculously went from one celled bacteria into human beings.

[angel2901]

No, that car would not evolve by itself because its NOT alive! You should go back to school. You sound like a crazy crationist. God doesnt exist. I mean give me one fucking proofe that God exists?! And I mean a scientific proofe.

[TheCountess666]

non-living stuff coming alive is the start of evolution, not evolution itself.

and has already been replicated in a lab. it happens only in specific conditions, this car complies to non of them.

evolution applies is anything that is self replicating actually (more specificity the , succesfull, mistakes made in the replication)

this car again is not that.

[TheDivineDaniel]

to MuslimGhost,

Derka Derka Muhammed Jihad Freaktards like you should not be allowed to live in Western societies (!!!) or use Western inventions, for example the Internet for that matter. Arguing with you is only wasting our precious time. There is absolutely nothing we can learn from you since you are on a pre-human level. Fuck off and please be killed by an American soldier!

[onizukademongto]

I for one, welcome our new robotic A.I. self-driving overlord.

Long shall it drive me home after a night out.

:)

[deathfire139]

You need to shut up, all of you! Stfu! do you see why I'm Atheist? I came to see a car drives itself, rate nicely on it, mke a good comment, and get on with my fucking life! You, MuslimGhost, need to chill, you are partially correct that we do have extremely intelligent brains that help us solve extremely complicated equations and trivia everyday, and we can easily put any information storing device to shame, but that doesn't mean you have to take your "God" into this. So y'all need to shut up!

[scupone]

look like Knight Industries Two Thousand.

[danuthaiduc]

They can drive in a snowstorm. Once, in the other challenge, another car drove the team through a storm. It's using lasers.

[noheroX]

I like the idea... just don't think our lifetime will see this perfected. They need to perfect this for extreme weather first. Can they drive in a snowstorm? But I like the research of what they come with.

[angel2901]

Sebastian is a german guy! There a tons of Germnans at the Darpa Challenge. You know WE make the best cars anyway!

[COMBATAVIATOR]

QUOTE [You know WE make the best cars anyway!]

though i am not a german and not even a big fan of germany either but when it comes to cars ... i agree ... either its germans or japanese... americans need to learn alot about making cars (and not only BIG engines)..lolz

[tartanracing]

I'm sorry! Velodyne. Not tele... My bad!

[tyhsu]

Congrats to Stanford and the other teams that completed the race. Way to go!

[tartanracing]

That thing on top is called a Teledyne.

Carnegie Mellon Tartan Racing and many other vehicles had a Teledyne too.

[Akelron]

The Urban Challenge was held 2 days ago, Junior came in second to Carnegie Mellon.

[Akelron]

Actually, it's a Lidar. (Laser Radar) It is short range and detects the world around the car in 3d.

[bestia89]

whats the thing on the top spining around.

[regebro]

A laser. As is explained in the video.

[bestia89]

oooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhh.i did not hear.

[machriderx]

The whole concept of a designated driver will now become obsolete. Enjoy your alcohol everyone.

[hokietoober]

hahaha, that's awesome

[conveyician]

MY GRANDMA IS WORKING THERE. COOL~

[airrunwesker]

I hear this year, Junior will be able to transform into a large robot and stomp any one who booos!

[Ankhtahr]

My Uncle is working there. Cool

[shamscalade]

thats something nice,but all that mechanism on the roof looks hideous :(

[airrunwesker]

You should have a look at ELROB car-bots if you want to see "hideous"!

[FuzzieDice]

KITT is just a matter of time. Looks like a very short time too, the way they are going! I hope they name the next one KITT! :) Or even KARR! No wait... better make it a KITT. LOL!

Seriously I was thrilled when Stanley one. I have high hopes for Junior and do so hope to see him win too.

[wombatppc]

Combine it with sat nav. then you could phone the car to come pick you up. give it the address over the phone, sat nav works out the route, then it comes to get ya. :-)

[BestestMoron]

ya it should have features like "get rid of cops" or "roberry escape" or "top gear style".. so it could actually be practical..