Robotic Audi to climb Pikes Peak w/o driver
Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 7:36 pm
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Robotic Audi to climb Pikes Peak w/o driver
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Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 12:35 am
Sounds awesome, actually... but why the F would they pick the TT??
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 12:52 am
That sounds like a cool program. A very defined 'sucess/failure' criteria 
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As far as choosing teh TT, sounds like a logical platform. It has the handling, braking, acceleration for quick program responses reducing the time required for the algorithym to 'plan ahead' and provides a quicker correction logic. And if it has drive-by-wire steering, braking, and throttle stock then it's less mechanical systems they have to custom fab. It all starts becoming just an electronics/programming game at that point.
Cool find Josh!
.As far as choosing teh TT, sounds like a logical platform. It has the handling, braking, acceleration for quick program responses reducing the time required for the algorithym to 'plan ahead' and provides a quicker correction logic. And if it has drive-by-wire steering, braking, and throttle stock then it's less mechanical systems they have to custom fab. It all starts becoming just an electronics/programming game at that point.
Cool find Josh!
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 2:00 am
Right so... find out what service their using for their GPS and everyone with that service make calls at the moment the car leaves the starting line and see if we cant cause enough latency for the GPS to fail and the car to shoot straight off the first turn! 
Kidding, but funny. Seriously Id like to see how well this actually works and how much the car can compensate for the GPSs response time.
Kidding, but funny. Seriously Id like to see how well this actually works and how much the car can compensate for the GPSs response time.
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 7:57 am
that is pretty damn sweet I must say
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 4:45 pm
Because the TT (or any Audi) is a great car to run off the side of a mountain...duh!!fishbone79 wrote:Sounds awesome, actually... but why the F would they pick the TT??
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 4:53 pm
Drive by wire scares me. No thanks. I didn't know they had drive by wire steering? That sounds ludicrous. Not that drive by wire brakes and throttle are a good idea...but at least with mechanical steering you can still choose what you want to hit when your brakes fail and your throttle sticks.