DARPA Urban Challenge (2007)

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Autos & Vehicles

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• urban
• challenge
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• robotics
• cars

[redelman43199]

Autonomous vehicles would be awesome. If my designated ever cheats his responsibility and gets drunk, I could just have my car drive itself home.

[Ajedi32]

@firemarshall007 I don't think so. They have their own team of engineers.

[firemarshall007]

If this was filmed in 2007, why does it look like 1980s equipment was used?

[firemarshall007]

@Ajedi32  Has Google hired Sebastien Thurn?

[Ajedi32]

And today on the news, Google is testing self-driving cars on city streets. (Seriously)

[Phalanxtv1875]

Some team use expensive cars because various car companies joined in the program like VW (they own Audi, Lamboghini, bentley and so on). This contest is very good pr so they don't send cheap cars in, that's why they have Cayennes, Tuaregs and so on.

[isokessu]

cool but look at 01:00 FAIL :DD:

[pisemkrneki]

OK, most of the cars are ordinary. But who the hell tought: ˝Outonomus car a.. We need a huuuge truck.... wait. No we need something super fast, like the lotus elise˝

[skier210is]

the cars are often donated by the companies, also the car itself is a small fraction of total vehicle cost anyway with all the equipment

[SDTricker]

Can someone tell me why they are using expensive cars. Why don't they just use used cheap cars since accidents may occur why designing the technology?