[ExI] [Bulk] Robot car racing!

[William Flynn Wallace]

And what's to keep some yahoo from turning this into demolition derby?

bill w

On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 10:21 PM, spike <spike66 at att.net> wrote:

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> Formula E and Kinetik today announced a partnership with the intention to
> launch a global race series for driverless electric cars. This new
> championship called ‘ROBORACE’ will provide a competitive platform for the
> autonomous driving solutions that are now being developed by many large
> industrial automotive and technology players as well as top tech
> universities.
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> http://fiaformulae.com/en/news/2015/november/formula-e-kinetik-announce-roborace-a-global-driverless-championship.aspx
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> BillK
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> This was as foreseeable as the sunrise.  The reason I see it as
> interesting is that racing is expensive as all hell, but in this case we
> might be limited by other factors besides the cars.  I don't know where is
> the state of the art on this, but on some kinds of tracks, such as a paved
> serpentine course, we might be more algorithm-limited than car limited.  We
> could convert any old beat up car and have sufficient power and handling to
> make the processor and control algorithms the thing that determines the lap
> times.
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> We could set up a cone course in a big parking lot, like they do over at
> Lockheed Martin.  That sport allows normal people with normal budgets to
> play: you need an ordinary street car, special tires, a brake system
> upgrade and you are ready to go for a couple k over the price of the car.
> We could do those kinds of races with software.  For a few fun years,
> amateurs can run with the big boys.
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> spike
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