DARPA Urban Challenge Crash Cornell MIT

Trying to turn a corner, Cornell halted then backed up. The chase car got stuck between it and the MIT Rover coming up behind. MIT got impatient, and went around Cornell, but cut in too close and nicked bumpers

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• DARPA
• Urban
• Cornell
• MIT

[hyretech]

Interesting that you can apparently see the IR from the lidar systems in the image (vertical red stripes at 0:05)

[Firefaxx]

Yes, Many of the video's that were shot that day had the IR distortion, Even though the camera has an IR filter, those LIDAR's put out the juice.

[DJShadesUK]

Err, your description of the video is a little wrong. I think you'll find the Cornell vehicle started to pull away once MIT was alongside it (I believe the MIT vehicle successfully demonstrated its ability go around a stationary object). Therefore the Cornell was at fault... Its strange, but not entirely surprising, how the computer drivers make the same basic mistakes human drivers do!!

[Firefaxx]

I have a hunch that they had interference with each other's LIDAR systems that close. Not sure who the fault is.. I guess one could argue they were both at fault. One should not have cut so close once passing, and the other should not have jammed in the gas. Thanks for the correction.

[djsufferthing]

Sounds like a case of road rage to me.

[DJShadesUK]

HI VBTHING. I saw the video you linked to too. You can clearly see, after viewing both videos that the MIT car was a good cars width away and half a vehicles length in front of the Cornell car when Cornell started to pull away. Its effectively the same as a human parked at the side of the road pulling out without checking the mirror first. The "parked" car pulling into traffic would be at fault.

[VBTHING]

DJShadesUK You're right, dude, ppl watch this from another angle

watch?v=CIKxObvqskk&feature=re­lated

MIT made way enough room to overtake.

[VBTHING]

Damn, thanks, I didn't even notice that at first, actually thought its a sunlight artifact

[waddlerobloxxxx]

lol dumb cars

[nvsvictor]

Thanks for posting this!

[nvsvictor]

it's odd, but i find it computers so cute to watch driving, with their funny mistakes.

[nvsvictor]

oh, so that's what that was! i thought it was a camera problem.

[DJShadesUK]

Hi Firefaxx, thanks for your reply. Its nice to find someone on YouTube that doesn't instantly take offence to a comment that they don't agree with. What a breath of fresh air! :-) All the best my friend!