4 ms·
They need to make it actually work first. The well-known demo video is all staged, the suspension was specifically tuned before each demo, it wasn't universally
by KozmoNau7 8y ago
They need to make it actually work first. The well-known demo video is all staged, the suspension was specifically tuned before each demo, it wasn't universally capable at all. There was probably a lot of manual control involved as well.
Citroën's hydropneumatic system was always better, especially on the C6 and 3rd gen C5. It's a crying shame they're moving away from it.
- adrianmonk 8y agoSomewhat surprisingly, according to their technology page (http://www.clearmotion.com/technology http://www.clearmotion.com/technology), they are doing some kind of cloud upload and learning thing: > Connected by a central gateway, it collects road data and stores it in the cloud to be analyzed and instantaneously retrieved. ... > Using a precise, millimeter level HD map of the road surface ahead, advanced control theory algorithms continually adjust suspension parameters to enable the best ride possible. An additional layer of reinforcement learning algorithms continually learns the road’s profile, and your ride improves over time. So, it's just a guess, but perhaps they've overcome the need to specifically tune it by having it learn and share data.
- PeterisP 8y agoThis description suggests a plausible synergy with all the sensors designed for self-driving cars. With them, the suspension could "see" where exactly a bump or a pothole is ahead, and adjust accordingly.
- jsight 8y agoI vaguely recall seeing some self-driving car presentations that have mentioned exactly this possibility.
- BurningFrog 8y agoHa. If the car has a detailed map of every bump and pothole it can "stage" it's driving everywhere!
- KozmoNau7 8y agoThe detail level on that Mario would have to be insane. And probably rather interesting for municipalities as well.
- pkaye 8y agoGreat now they can make it a subscription service.
- GuB-42 8y agoThat demo is clearly staged. However this other one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJ0ljaqeZ1g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJ0ljaqeZ1g (0:40) seems more legit. It is short but the car is driving on a real bumpy road rather than on a flat surface with carefully placed obstacles.
- xbmcuser 8y agoWell with today's lidar type tech and computing power available because of smaller more efficient chips they can probably auto tune the car in real time for the surface.