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I would really like this on top gear and compare it to the other drivers on their closed course. I wonder how well it would do in their celebrity challenge that

I would really like this on top gear and compare it to the other drivers on their closed course. I wonder how well it would do in their celebrity challenge that they do every episode?

MikeHo 16y ago
That Prius corners pretty mean ...
- sharmajai 16y ago
  Ahh so the all the recalled priuses were actually alpha versions of google's self driving cars. I see.
  - sharmajai 16y ago
    Ok, I get it there is no place for humor here. Xkcd can do it, I can't. Well I have a great respect for google as a company, that's the company I have always dreamt of working for, and my real feelings about this are that I feel great respect and a tad bit of jealousy for our real life iron men larry and sergey who backed by their enormously successful businesses can work on their world changing toys.
    - KeithMajhor 16y ago
      This is unrelated to the parent and I don't know where else to ask... What is the karma threshold on down-voting?
staunch 16y ago
If tuned to a single track it should be completely unbeatable, right?
- zitterbewegung 16y ago
  Not necessarily there might be latency concerns or even other unknown factors that would hinder it. Also what if its wet or other weather concerns? I don't work on the project so I wouldn't know what exactly would be involved.
  - josh33 16y ago
    I do! Oh wait, and then I woke up.
- ghshephard 16y ago
  If that were the case, then Shelly, the car racing up Pikes Peak would have been able to beat the human time of 11:21, instead of it's recorded time of 27 minutes.
- jamesjyu 16y ago
  Sounds like the Watson for cars. It'll happen.
bpeters 16y ago
I don't know if Jeremy Clarkson would let a Prius back on the show...
- jedc 16y ago
  I believe there are other models involved in the program; not just Prius-es.
  - jedc 16y ago
    Looked up the NYTimes article... it's also installed on an Audi TT.
- laut 16y ago
  Why not? He has had them on the show before. There would have to be a reason for it to be on again though. The driverless lap has already been done. The Google Prius would just be slower.
stevenrace 16y ago
It's worth noting that Stanford and Audi (an extension of the VW/Stanford work with DARPA) - will be competing in the upcoming Pikes Peak challenge. For those unaware, it's a balls out race up a mountain road. Asphalt, dirt, weather changes, and sheer dropoffs. So far they've demo'd the car drifting and powersliding into parking spots: Stanfords Audi (3min): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2UaYIHiiOA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2UaYIHiiOA As mentioned above, BMW did just that a while ago (2min): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50rbUfTYykc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50rbUfTYykc Lastly (I can't view the video), Google mentioned a while back they've already put over 50,000 miles on their fleet.
hkuo 16y ago
They already did it a few years ago in a self-driving BMW. Enjoy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRF_KaWzxq4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRF_KaWzxq4

I would really like this on top gear and compare it to the other drivers on their closed course. I wonder how well it would do in their celebrity challenge that they do every episode?

MikeHo 16y ago

That Prius corners pretty mean ...

sharmajai 16y ago
Ahh so the all the recalled priuses were actually alpha versions of google's self driving cars. I see.
- sharmajai 16y ago
  Ok, I get it there is no place for humor here. Xkcd can do it, I can't. Well I have a great respect for google as a company, that's the company I have always dreamt of working for, and my real feelings about this are that I feel great respect and a tad bit of jealousy for our real life iron men larry and sergey who backed by their enormously successful businesses can work on their world changing toys.
  - KeithMajhor 16y ago
    This is unrelated to the parent and I don't know where else to ask... What is the karma threshold on down-voting?

staunch 16y ago

If tuned to a single track it should be completely unbeatable, right?

zitterbewegung 16y ago
Not necessarily there might be latency concerns or even other unknown factors that would hinder it. Also what if its wet or other weather concerns? I don't work on the project so I wouldn't know what exactly would be involved.
- josh33 16y ago
  I do! Oh wait, and then I woke up.
ghshephard 16y ago
If that were the case, then Shelly, the car racing up Pikes Peak would have been able to beat the human time of 11:21, instead of it's recorded time of 27 minutes.
jamesjyu 16y ago
Sounds like the Watson for cars. It'll happen.

bpeters 16y ago

I don't know if Jeremy Clarkson would let a Prius back on the show...

jedc 16y ago
I believe there are other models involved in the program; not just Prius-es.
- jedc 16y ago
  Looked up the NYTimes article... it's also installed on an Audi TT.
laut 16y ago
Why not? He has had them on the show before. There would have to be a reason for it to be on again though. The driverless lap has already been done. The Google Prius would just be slower.

stevenrace 16y ago

It's worth noting that Stanford and Audi (an extension of the VW/Stanford work with DARPA) - will be competing in the upcoming Pikes Peak challenge. For those unaware, it's a balls out race up a mountain road. Asphalt, dirt, weather changes, and sheer dropoffs. So far they've demo'd the car drifting and powersliding into parking spots: Stanfords Audi (3min): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2UaYIHiiOA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2UaYIHiiOA As mentioned above, BMW did just that a while ago (2min): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50rbUfTYykc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50rbUfTYykc Lastly (I can't view the video), Google mentioned a while back they've already put over 50,000 miles on their fleet.

hkuo 16y ago

They already did it a few years ago in a self-driving BMW. Enjoy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRF_KaWzxq4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRF_KaWzxq4