Elon has been very clear that when Auto Pilot is introduced this year it is only intended for use on major roads line freeways and highways.
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My thoughts are that humans are able to drive using only vision. Smart software should be able to get by with vision only too. With that being said, you'd need hardware capable of processing 4K+ resolution video at as high of a frame rate as possible. I don't think that will be possible for 5-10 years.
Agree, but unfortunately if you look at many of the headlines and articles since the announcement they frequently use "autonomous" instead of Auto Pilot which misrepresents what Elon said.
This is the problem. Most of us here are clear about the distinction these publications are misleading the public and creating unwarranted angst.
adiggs
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Now THIS would be awesome. I work at a campus that leaves me with a solid 5-10 minute hike from where I park to my desk. Being able to drive up to the front door, and then send the car off to park at the top of the parking lot - me likey.
I particularly like the thinking of it as a real world setting where it gets put into practice. In fact - I think I might just need to see if I can tell it to "go park" while staying in the driver's seat to give it some test runs, but with me still at the wheel seeing what it's doing.
The low speed/self parking use will be the most welcomed for the reasons mentioned and that too often there are too few convenient parking spaces for drivers who are challenged with mobility issues.
(In the USA, we have an aging population who -- more than in past generations -- will continue to drive. Autopilot will be a huge help there. )
(In the USA, we have an aging population who -- more than in past generations -- will continue to drive. Autopilot will be a huge help there. )
jgs
Active Member
I don't know, a random number generator would be better than teaching it to drive by having it emulate your typical Boston driver.
No, seriously, I don't want my car to be "as good as" my fellow human drivers. Even the good ones, and there are plenty of bad ones. I want it to be better than them.
jgs
Active Member
Present company excluded, naturally. But do you want future self driving cars to drive like the the people you were sharing the road with?
jgs
Active Member
I would imagine that if you're going to have the car map out the potholes as it drives, you feed that into some kind of active suspension instead of having the car swerve and dodge (don't some of the S-Class models have this, some cheezy name like "magic suspension"?).
I think you are correct that the S-Class has some sort of camera that reads the road surface ahead and immediately alters the suspension as needed.
Now in Boston it would look for minute gaps in traffic that we could swerve into just to get ahead of another car! That's the Boston Autopilot. :smile:
Now in Boston it would look for minute gaps in traffic that we could swerve into just to get ahead of another car! That's the Boston Autopilot. :smile:
Tesla doesn't agree with your mindset.
Model S | Tesla Motors
Tesla continues to present this upgrade/update capability as a key feature of the car to buyers.
jgs
Active Member
Hey, you're talking to a guy who had potholes in the street in front of his house that weren't fixed until his neighbors planted a full-on garden in them, in the middle of the street, and planted a sign in the middle of it with the mayor's phone number on it.
Yes. That is one of the things that helps some of us justify paying $100K for a car.
Jaff
Active Member
Abu Dhabi...sunny, clear. 42 degrees C...no chance of sleet, snow, freezing rain...:wink:
Seriously though, it would be interesting to see how their self driving vehicles would work in adverse conditions...sandstorm maybe?
Seriously though, it would be interesting to see how their self driving vehicles would work in adverse conditions...sandstorm maybe?
satheesh.net
President | Tesla Owners Club Norway
Not really any sandstorms here, but we got pretty much all the seasons throughout a year. Heavy snow, freezing cold, slippery, sunny, dark, warm, etc. Looking forward to test these features here in Norway.
scottf200
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Bef 2015: 40 signs in 25 countries
Beg of 2015: 250 signs in 50 countries
End of 2015: 1000 signs in 100 countries
Stoplight recognition in Model X? Some comments in the video below that indicate that possibility.
Certainly contains EyeQ3 like is in the Model S as of (~Nov'14) [EyeQ4 coming out in Oct'15)
Source: CTO of Mobileye in which Amnon Shashua talks about how Mobileye is incorporating deep learning into its self driving car research.
The Future of Computer Vision and Automated Driving by Prof. Amnon Shashua - YouTube
Beg of 2015: 250 signs in 50 countries
End of 2015: 1000 signs in 100 countries
Stoplight recognition in Model X? Some comments in the video below that indicate that possibility.
Certainly contains EyeQ3 like is in the Model S as of (~Nov'14) [EyeQ4 coming out in Oct'15)
Source: CTO of Mobileye in which Amnon Shashua talks about how Mobileye is incorporating deep learning into its self driving car research.
The Future of Computer Vision and Automated Driving by Prof. Amnon Shashua - YouTube
scottf200
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See the presentation in my above post. There are sections that talk about not having lane markers. Idea is interpreting "freespace" based on everything around it. Trees, asphalt edge, other cars, shadows, signs, pedestrians, guardrails, etc, etc, etc. They show video of a nasty snow storm with some moderately clear lane (1 of 2 lanes on a road) from traffic and how the system can determine the correct path. Other videos show wet roads, reflections on the road where there are markers, darkness, etc and how they can still interpret a lane ... something like a human would do.
