food for thought

lunarwolf · 11 Feb 2017 at 10:08

with driverless cars seemingly becoming an ever growing inevitability in years to come - will there be a driverless car races for manufacturers to showcase their best in class technology?

I am not sure how appealing that would be for the fans, but I for one am curious to see how man vs machine would fair - although I suspect the machine would win in the end as we have seen in other activities such as chess and poker.

your thoughts?

Glaucus · 11 Feb 2017 at 13:15

Already planned, to support Formula-e
http://roborace.com/

I missed the first two, so no idea what format it is in ATM. Next ones is 18/2/2017

Destination · 12 Feb 2017 at 18:22

Actually sounds a fantastic idea, 4 wheels, engine, masses of power, automatic systems, no pit control, carnage and fun and speed all at same time.

lunarwolf · 13 Feb 2017 at 15:07

Glaucus;30493475 said:
Already planned, to support Formula-e
http://roborace.com/

I missed the first two, so no idea what format it is in ATM. Next ones is 18/2/2017

i saw some videos where they use a LMP1 type car to test on track. but haven't found any actual racing. looks like a demo they do during formula-e weekends

Ninco! · 18 Feb 2017 at 20:59

Watching AI cars would initially have an intrigue factor, but suffer the same fate as gaming AI 'predictability'.

Set Power, braking zones etc.

Mixing it up with human racers would spice things up.

Glaucus · 18 Feb 2017 at 22:19

Thats just rubbish though, grip, weight/charge etc change during race so fixed points would be massively sub optimal, and each team would have different AI, and have to react to each other.

Holst1981 · 20 Feb 2017 at 11:02

Glaucus said:
Thats just rubbish though, grip, weight/charge etc change during race so fixed points would be massively sub optimal, and each team would have different AI, and have to react to each other.

I think it's an interesting test for AI but I don't think it will be great to watch if the cars are all the same.

Without the need for a driver (and associated safety) you could build something crazy fast but it would be very expensive.

deuse · 21 Feb 2017 at 06:27

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-39027477

A test race between two cars.