Guy Martin v The Robot Car

[classic33]

I thought the problem was that it knew where it was, but failed to react to the lack of grip in the first hard acceleration, so it accelerated too hard again and binned it.

When they were modifying the program, they were changing variables called stuff like scaling_factor which didn't look like simply changing how much it accelerated where, but more like how quickly it attempted to change speed.

Programmed to do the fastest lap speed, within the set parameters.

At which point the system failed to cope.

 

[mjr]

Programmed to do the fastest lap speed, within the set parameters.

At which point the system failed to cope.

I agree that it was trying to maximise speed, but it looked like they were not directly setting the target speed. It was an AI system because it looked like it was monitoring the environment and deciding what to do for the best... but missing at least one critical input, so failed!

 

[Drago]

lawbreaking nobber, okay your opinion, but dangerous, prove it

You're right, he's safe as houses. Clearly in supreme control when at high-speed.

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DEZrJ4GVPkU

 

[Deleted member 26715]

You're right, he's safe as houses. Clearly in supreme control when at high-speed.

if you wish to watch people get injured knock yourself out, pun not intended

 

[keithmac]

I don't knoe how many people on here are programmers (either proffesional or hobbyist).

The amount of coding to get that car to drive round a track on it's own at a snails pace, let alone at the speeds it was managing would be monumental.

They said having Guy in the car was an invaluable learning experience for them as a team.

They car was looking for track limits and "learning" on every pass.

Programming a "normal" cars Drive By Wire ECM and if auto TCM is a massive task in itself.

Amazing how people can talk down the amount of hard work gone into the mechanics and software like it's nothing of a job to do.

I was amazed personally!.

 

[classic33]

I don't knoe how many people on here are programmers (either proffesional or hobbyist).

The amount of coding to get that car to drive round a track on it's own at a snails pace, let alone at the speeds it was managing would be monumental.

They said having Guy in the car was an invaluable learning experience for them as a team.

They car was looking for track limits and "learning" on every pass.

Programming a "normal" cars Drive By Wire ECM and if auto TCM is a massive task in itself.

Amazing how people can talk down the amount of hard work gone into the mechanics and software like it's nothing of a job to do.

I was amazed personally!.

Never talked it down, just trying to point out that it was following a program on a computer, not making decisions itself as it went round each time.

 

[keithmac]

Never talked it down, just trying to point out that it was following a program on a computer, not making decisions itself as it went round each time.

All computers follow a program, they seemed to be giving it more scope for it's own input (like fine tuning a PID).

It had GPS as one input, but not the only input..

 

[classic33]

All computers follow a program, they seemed to be giving it more scope for it's own input (like fine tuning a PID).

It had GPS as one input, but not the only input..

It wasn't making decisions for itself, all had been preset beforehand.

 

[keithmac]

http://danielsimon.com/roborace-robocar/

 

[mjr]

It wasn't making decisions for itself, all had been preset beforehand.

The only preset was how to make those decisions - the car was still making those decisions itself.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

http://danielsimon.com/roborace-robocar/

Thank you very intersting, only managed the first two, this bloody thing called work is getting in the way.

 

[Leaway2]

I don't knoe how many people on here are programmers (either proffesional or hobbyist).
They said having Guy in the car was an invaluable learning experience for them as a team.

I was amazed they tried to do this without someone like him.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

I was amazed they tried to do this without someone like him.

If you follow the link from @keithmac they do have a driver, whether he is a racing driver it doesn't explain or hasn't as far as I've watched

 

[Leaway2]

If you follow the link from @keithmac they do have a driver, whether he is a racing driver it doesn't explain or hasn't as far as I've watched

And yet Guy Martin was "invaluable". They must have hired the wrong person

 

[Deleted member 26715]

And yet Guy Martin was "invaluable". They must have hired the wrong person

That's subjective, I could probably jump in the car & get it to a certain level but would be totally incapable of getting it to the level if they want to compete against other teams next year.