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I think I know what Augmented Mode will be.One more thought on "Augmented Mode", how about the car suggesting recommended driving lines, economic braking points etc. in addition to simply navigation intructions on the augmented reality HUD display. That certainly would fit the bill of enhancing human driving ability...
This may be too wild, but given Tesla's penchant for popular culture and showiness, maybe they'd even entertain track-specific racing lines for some tracks. Something akin to this on an AR display...
...but maybe this is a speculation too far.
I think I know what Augmented Mode will be.
I recently watched the public videos of lectures for MIT's "Deep Learning for Self-Driving Cars" class (a great set of lectures) MIT 6.S094: Deep Learning for Self-Driving Cars. One of the three guest lecturers (I can't remember which) whose slides were not available for download showed a kind of super stability control where the computer would track the road (or track) with cameras and add its own steering inputs on top of the driver's inputs to keep the driver from overcorrecting or overcooking a turn, and to cause the car to follow the path that it judges the driver wants to take in situations where the car was near the limit of adhesion. The system is always on and would not interfere in normal driving. During extreme situations (or on a track) it would seamlessly provide up to roughly half of the steering input when needed. The driver is saved from most spins and crashes. When drivers who tried it were interviewed later they reported feeling in greater control of their car when activated than when off, even though their own inputs were then being partly overrided.
Yes, although the system described in the lecture dealt with curves, which would be harder. What the lecture did not mention was augmenting throttle and brake control as well as steering control. For example, people get in trouble if they suddenly lift the throttle when they think they have entered a curve too fast. Then you get trailing throttle oversteer and a spin. The ultimate "augmented mode" for a hot sports car would add overriding inputs for throttle and brake when the computer determines that it's necessary to make it safely through the turn that the camera sees, and whose geometry the computer has determined. That's the key difference from any normal stability control - the computer sees the geometry of the curve or compound curve that you're facing and moves you toward the optimal line to get through it.That’s most likely how it will be. Not very surprising and not super new either. The current Mercedes S class already has a similar mode, where instead of normal Lane Keeping Assist, the car does do a bit of autocorrection on your steering input when it thinks your intention is to remain centered in your lane.
A lot of reviewers mentioned that when the system turned off at around 100mph on the Autobahn, the car suddenly felt scarier to drive.
Sounds like trashcan
Using the Driving Coach features, drivers can learn new skills as the vehicle demonstrates optimal speed and cornering in different scenarios. Drivers can see the car’s ideal trajectory and monitor various analytics as the vehicle drives itself. They can then take over and attempt to replicate what they’ve learned. Drivers receive data back about their own performance in a gamified experience that improves skill, and offers an exciting ride along the way.
One more thought on "Augmented Mode", how about the car suggesting recommended driving lines, economic braking points etc. in addition to simply navigation intructions on the augmented reality HUD display. That certainly would fit the bill of enhancing human driving ability...
This may be too wild, but given Tesla's penchant for popular culture and showiness, maybe they'd even entertain track-specific racing lines for some tracks. Something akin to this on an AR display...
You can't look at the screen when on the track. But I believe you are on the right track. Supercars have helper modes to let non-pro use the power and not crash. What Musk is probably talking about is using sensors to make the car safely go where you want it to go. Advance drift mode on high end racy cars is one example of this sort of functionality. Sorta drive by wire.
Cheap drones are possible because the physics can be sensed and processed. You don't tell a drone how to fly, you tell it where to go. Managing the four rotors directly would be extremely difficult.
According to Porsche, Taycan is a word taken from an eastern dialect and is pronounced ‘tie-can’. It translates as ‘lively young horse’ and is a reference to the horse that’s been rearing up on its hind legs on the Porsche badge since 1952.
Thanks, guys. Very plausible indeed, even I noted "some form of advanced traction control - or a combination of both vision and other augmented features" in #119.
That said, the super stability control doesn't really explain the flying metal suit or spaceship control references from Elon, while an augmented reality HUD (or alternatively an AR display, similar to Mercedes Benz) could? Given the AR HUD development space heating up, I still find it quite plausible.
It is true that the Germans etc. already do various augmented driving features (e.g. camera-based road condition detection and automated response), not just visual ones. But also visual, Mercedes Benz already has an augmented reality navigation on the market right now and Audi has the augmented reality 360-degree moving CGI/3D parking camera. And as said, AR HUDs are also in the works and prototypes or concepts have been shown by various car makers. So, AR is not far-fetched either.
But it is true the Tesla Roadster "Augmented Mode" could also be simply a non-visual driving aid. Or it could not appear at all, as not all features publicized by Elon/Tesla make it into production. Given its Roadster sportscar background, could also be unrelated to what appears on Model S/X at all.
This is in the new A Class from Mercedes Benz:
This is the Audi parking camera (new A6/A7/A8):
A BMW concept:
Good luck to all with the speculation!