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the supersonic eurofighter typhoon has autopilot. Are self driving cars more complex then the most advanced airplanes in existence?
by marshmallow_12 6y ago
the supersonic eurofighter typhoon has autopilot. Are self driving cars more complex then the most advanced airplanes in existence?
- rodgerd 6y agoHow often does the Typhone routinely travel within a few metres of humans, other vehicles which vary in performance from "the same" to "a fraction of your speed"? How many traffic intersections are there in the sky? Roundabouts? Wildlife? Domestic livestock?
- jjmorrison 6y agoYes - by several orders of magnitude.
- Toutouxc 6y agoTyphoon's only flight inputs are basically: desired pitch rate, desired roll rate, desired yaw rate, desired power output. The whole airplane is completely controlled by a computer (all of the control surfaces, engine controls), which gives you an artificially stable, crazy overpowered, laws-of-aerodynamics-defying video-game-like toy to navigate in a huge and completely empty 3D environment. So, yes, self driving cars are infinitely more complex.