Motoring Discussion > Look mum - No hands - Audi record. Miscellaneous
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 Tue 21 Oct 14 16:27 
 Look mum - No hands - Audi record. - henry k
www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-29706473

The car took just over two minutes, while driving uncrewed , to complete a lap of the Hockenheim Grand Prix track.
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 Tue 21 Oct 14 16:44 
 Look mum - No hands - Audi record. - Manatee
"Additionally the driver has a chance to relax. That means they are on full alert as soon as their attention is required again."

I don't think that's how it works! AF447?

Or more recently, another fine mess that didn't actually end in disaster.

avherald.com/h?article=47b86849&opt=0

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 Tue 21 Oct 14 17:04 
 Look mum - No hands - Audi record. - WillDeBeest
First we had the misleading 'Lied' about crash testing; now we have a 'record' - and still we have no music from Audi. This isn't fair. Stop it!
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 Tue 21 Oct 14 17:34 
 Look mum - No hands - Audi record. - Focusless
Driver-less F1 next year? :)
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 Tue 21 Oct 14 18:33 
 Look mum - No hands - Audi record. - Old Navy
Full sized Scalextric, the money saved on drivers would more than cover the cost of the control systems. I don't think the current drivers would be impressed at being beaten by computer game geeks or the drop in pay.
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 Tue 21 Oct 14 20:19 
 Look mum - No hands - Audi record. - rtj70
Only if they go around the tracks one at a time.
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 Tue 21 Oct 14 21:08 
 Look mum - No hands - Audi record. - swiss tony
A question:

How long ago was this kind of technology 1st being developed?
And who by?


I will post the answer (as I understand it) later....
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 Tue 21 Oct 14 21:18 
 Look mum - No hands - Audi record. - Armel Coussine
>> How long ago was this kind of technology 1st being developed?
And who by?


All the major car makers. All the main techie groups. Ever since it occurred to them, long before we thought of it.

Self-driving cars are pants and always will be.
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 Tue 21 Oct 14 22:06 
 Look mum - No hands - Audi record. - Kevin
>How long ago was this kind of technology 1st being developed?
>And who by?

I remember that around 1992/93 or so, Mercedes had a self-drive test mule that could handle simple autobahn manoeuvres like lane changes and overtaking etc. The brains were an IBM RS/6000 stuffed into the boot of (IIRC) an S-class.

I've no idea if they were the first to do so.
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 Tue 21 Oct 14 22:42 
 Look mum - No hands - Audi record. - swiss tony
youtu.be/xlVx4Dhglkg

Thats the one I was thinking of... Not sure I would want to trust the Prince of darkness.....
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 Tue 21 Oct 14 22:51 
 Look mum - No hands - Audi record. - Alastairw
Wasn't there some sort of Europe wide project on these lines. I want to think it was called Prometheus, but i could be wrong.
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 Sat 25 Oct 14 19:11 
 Look mum - No hands - Audi record. - Shiny
1984 - Knight Industries Two Thousand. (K.I.T.T.)
IIRC.
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 Sat 25 Oct 14 20:54 
 Look mum - No hands - Audi record. - VxFan
>> 1984 - Knight Industries Two Thousand. (K.I.T.T.)
>> IIRC.

Nah, KARR (Knight Automated Roving Robot) came before KITT did.
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 Sat 25 Oct 14 19:18 
 Look mum - No hands - Audi record. - rtj70
If you looked at the link Swiss Tony provided you'd see a video of the Jaguar/Lucas car that was part of the Prometheus project.

Now what that seems to do is available on mainstream cars. The next step forward will probably be Mercedes and the S-Class.
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 Tue 28 Oct 14 07:56 
 Look mum - No hands - Audi record. - IJWS14
Old hat, anyone remember Clarkson in the self driving BMW?

The Google car can do it in traffic.

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 Tue 28 Oct 14 10:12 
 Look mum - No hands - Audi record. - Focusless
Look at the 'conversation' between driver and car in this short piece (after the Knight Rider flashback):
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02985h2

Frightening :)
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