Supporting the body allows us to find bugs in openpilot that wouldn't be easy to find in cars. For example, cars barely pitch and roll, so if you have something

Supporting the body allows us to find bugs in openpilot that wouldn't be easy to find in cars. For example, cars barely pitch and roll, so if you have something subtly off there, it's a lot easier to spot on the body. The body is also forcing us to reduce latency on things like the cameras and IMUs; this applies to the cars, just less obviously since cars change direction slower. The mission is self driving, and while we believe it's solvable without the full solution to AI, having the body forces us to stay on a viable AI track and not write hacks. See http://www.incompleteideas.net/IncIdeas/BitterLesson.html http://www.incompleteideas.net/IncIdeas/BitterLesson.html I wouldn't say it's on the level of a PR stunt giving supplies to elementary school students...