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Can't this inspire the future of automated driving? Paint strips on the freeway optimized for visual-recognition systems, to serve as super cheap railway tracks
by riazrizvi 8y ago
Can't this inspire the future of automated driving? Paint strips on the freeway optimized for visual-recognition systems, to serve as super cheap railway tracks. Super cheap because painted strips are far cheaper than laying tracks, and they would lower the cost of the visual recognition systems in cars. These automated driving sections would satisfy my principal pain point with driving, which is long commutes or drives on the freeway.
- twic 8y agoMINITRAM!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfIZOElSgOE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfIZOElSgOE (attention UK nerds of a certain age: this opens with the brilliant late '80s Tomorrow's World theme - despite the fact that this segment was on Tomorrow's World in 2003!) EDIT: Oh, apparently they switched back to that version in 2002. Good.
- RandallBrown 8y agoThey tried something like this in the 90s. https://www.nytimes.com/1996/09/01/automobiles/a-smart-road-starts-to-take-shape-in-california.html https://www.nytimes.com/1996/09/01/automobiles/a-smart-road-...
- alorimer 8y agoExisting lane markings serve the same purpose, just with a slight offset. They're actually a lot better because there are usually two. But of course driving is a lot more complicated than just staying in your lane.