Posted: 6/25/2012 11:29:01 AM EDT
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Just a little different. With the experiment out in Texas with the demonstration on how easy and cheap it would be to hijack a drone for nefarious purposes it got me thinking. If LEO and .mil outfits are flying drones all over the states and companies like Fed Ex have shown interest in purchasing large cargo drones from the first company to build them one. How have we not developed drone autos?
I know Google has been working on this, but that has been a long time and not much to show for it. We now have cars that beep at you if you are drifting out of your lane, apply the brakes if you are about to back over a tricycle, and parallel park themselves. Can it really be that hard to figure out the rest? I've got a 2 hour commute one way everyday and I'd really like to use that time to catch a few more winks or read a book. I want a robot car 
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Quoted: Just a little different. With the experiment out in Texas with the demonstration on how easy and cheap it would be to hijack a drone for nefarious purposes it got me thinking. If LEO and .mil outfits are flying drones all over the states and companies like Fed Ex have shown interest in purchasing large cargo drones from the first company to build them one. How have we not developed drone autos? I know Google has been working on this, but that has been a long time and not much to show for it. We now have cars that beep at you if you are drifting out of your lane, apply the brakes if you are about to back over a tricycle, and parallel park themselves. Can it really be that hard to figure out the rest? I've got a 2 hour commute one way everyday and I'd really like to use that time to catch a few more winks or read a book. I want a robot car most people dont want to let cumputers have full control over their lives, partial seems okay but a computer glitch with a cargo 747 parking on your house during dinner sounds like a terrible idea |
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Just a little different. With the experiment out in Texas with the demonstration on how easy and cheap it would be to hijack a drone for nefarious purposes it got me thinking. If LEO and .mil outfits are flying drones all over the states and companies like Fed Ex have shown interest in purchasing large cargo drones from the first company to build them one. How have we not developed drone autos? I know Google has been working on this, but that has been a long time and not much to show for it. We now have cars that beep at you if you are drifting out of your lane, apply the brakes if you are about to back over a tricycle, and parallel park themselves. Can it really be that hard to figure out the rest? I've got a 2 hour commute one way everyday and I'd really like to use that time to catch a few more winks or read a book. I want a robot car It's a lot easier to fly autonomously than it is to drive autonomously. Heck, the Germans had it figured out in WWII |
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Quoted: Quoted: Just a little different. With the experiment out in Texas with the demonstration on how easy and cheap it would be to hijack a drone for nefarious purposes it got me thinking. If LEO and .mil outfits are flying drones all over the states and companies like Fed Ex have shown interest in purchasing large cargo drones from the first company to build them one. How have we not developed drone autos? I know Google has been working on this, but that has been a long time and not much to show for it. We now have cars that beep at you if you are drifting out of your lane, apply the brakes if you are about to back over a tricycle, and parallel park themselves. Can it really be that hard to figure out the rest? I've got a 2 hour commute one way everyday and I'd really like to use that time to catch a few more winks or read a book. I want a robot car It's a lot easier to fly autonomously than it is to drive autonomously. Heck, the Germans had it figured out in WWII  |
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Quoted: Just a little different. With the experiment out in Texas with the demonstration on how easy and cheap it would be to hijack a drone for nefarious purposes it got me thinking. If LEO and .mil outfits are flying drones all over the states and companies like Fed Ex have shown interest in purchasing large cargo drones from the first company to build them one. How have we not developed drone autos? You don't follow the news closely do you? |
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Just a little different. With the experiment out in Texas with the demonstration on how easy and cheap it would be to hijack a drone for nefarious purposes it got me thinking. If LEO and .mil outfits are flying drones all over the states and companies like Fed Ex have shown interest in purchasing large cargo drones from the first company to build them one. How have we not developed drone autos? I know Google has been working on this, but that has been a long time and not much to show for it. We now have cars that beep at you if you are drifting out of your lane, apply the brakes if you are about to back over a tricycle, and parallel park themselves. Can it really be that hard to figure out the rest? I've got a 2 hour commute one way everyday and I'd really like to use that time to catch a few more winks or read a book. I want a robot car It's a lot easier to fly autonomously than it is to drive autonomously. Heck, the Germans had it figured out in WWII  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdgQpa1pUUE
Self driving cars have been around for a long time actually. I remember seeing a competition where many organizations raced self driving cars along a 100+ mile predetermined course. However, even though they do exist, I think it's a long way from being an everyday reality. I don't welcome the idea of self driving cars actually. I can see a depressing future where "manual operation" is allowed on city streets only. Outdated vehicles without auto-drive will need special permits and training to be allowed to operate on the interstate. A special radio transmitter would be required so all of the networked automatic vehicles would be able to recognize your vehicle.
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You say you want a robot car, that is until it drives you off a bridge that doesn't exist or through a chruch that isn't supposed to be there because someone fucked up the map.  And when the first car was mass produced everyone thought it was crazy that we were going to drive around strapped to a tank full of explosive gasoline. 
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Just a little different. With the experiment out in Texas with the demonstration on how easy and cheap it would be to hijack a drone for nefarious purposes it got me thinking. If LEO and .mil outfits are flying drones all over the states and companies like Fed Ex have shown interest in purchasing large cargo drones from the first company to build them one. How have we not developed drone autos? You don't follow the news closely do you? Yes, read the first sentence of the paragraph you left out of the quote. |
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You say you want a robot car, that is until it drives you off a bridge that doesn't exist or through a chruch that isn't supposed to be there because someone fucked up the map. And when the first car was mass produced everyone thought it was crazy that we were going to drive around strapped to a tank full of explosive gasoline. And when a few people died in car explosions the rest of them were like "Fuck it, still beats walking!" |
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Quoted: Quoted: You say you want a robot car, that is until it drives you off a bridge that doesn't exist or through a church that isn't supposed to be there because someone fucked up the map. And when the first car was mass produced everyone thought it was crazy that we were going to drive around strapped to a tank full of explosive gasoline. So your GPS is 100% accurate 100% of the time?   Edit:Google maps isn't even 100% accurate |
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So your GPS is 100% accurate 100% of the time?
Edit:Google maps isn't even 100% accurate I never said grab a gps and let the car go. Are you saying that it is 100% impossible to ever make this work? I think all roads would have to be retrofitted with devices that make the roads easy to be "seen" by the cars. While there are systems that use cameras to see the road, I don't think it's reliable to use on all the roads all the time. Each Botts dot could be replaced with a version containing an rfid chip that the cars could read as they pass by them, making it possible to see the road no matter the conditions or ability of a computer to read a video feed. I don't think we'll see self driving cars in everyday use unless the infrastructure is changed to accommodate them. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: So your GPS is 100% accurate 100% of the time? Edit:Google maps isn't even 100% accurate I never said grab a gps and let the car go. Are you saying that it is 100% impossible to ever make this work? I think all roads would have to be retrofitted with devices that make the roads easy to be "seen" by the cars. While there are systems that use cameras to see the road, I don't think it's reliable to use on all the roads all the time. Each Botts dot could be replaced with a version containing an rfid chip that the cars could read as they pass by them, making it possible to see the road no matter the conditions or ability of a computer to read a video feed. I don't think we'll see self driving cars in everyday use unless the infrastructure is changed to accommodate them. This. |
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How have we not developed drone autos? Developing an unmanned vehicular system wouldn't be all that difficult. Implementing the strict procedural controls to keep unmanned and manned systems separate would be much more challenging, especially given the greater traffic density and the inability to implement altitude separation schemes implicit with surface modes of transport. |