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I agree with you and I doubt we'll see self-driving cars before we see self-driving trains (like trams in cities). The problem space is vastly more simpler for
by jnurmine 7y ago
I agree with you and I doubt we'll see self-driving cars before we see self-driving trains (like trams in cities).
The problem space is vastly more simpler for self-driving trains; trains move on rails, rails do not move, trains/trams cannot move sideways at will, stations do not move, and so on.
- davinic 7y agoExcept the economies of scale aren't there to benefit much from replacing a train driver who is carrying multiple thousands of people per day.
- jnurmine 7y agoYeah, could be. I thought it might be possible to effectivize intracity rail traffic via an on-demand mini-tram service, given self-driving trams and computer-optimized routing. Kind of "packet routing", if packets were trams.