Robocars - Autonomous Drive, Self-driving, Driver-less cars

**"Meanwhile in Dundee, an 18-year-old man is seriously ill in hospital after his car collided with a wall" **is a bit of a biased way of phrasing it.

I think "Meanwhile in Dundee, an 18-year-old man is seriously ill in hospital after his car and a wall were involved in a collision" is more even handed

I used to live in Dundee and I can assure you they have a big problem up there with walls colliding with innocent cars.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2014/apr/26/self-driving-self-parking-cars-sweden-video

http://techcrunch.com/2014/04/28/google-shows-how-its-self-driving-cars-are-getting-smarter-with-700k-miles-driven/

http://googleblog.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/the-latest-chapter-for-self-driving-car.html?m=1

They should test them here

Meskel Square, Addis Abeba - YouTube

http://m.theatlanticcities.com/technology/2014/04/first-look-how-googles-self-driving-car-handles-city-streets/8977/

article on googles car recognising cyclists hand signals

http://www.gizmag.com/google-self-driving-car-video-cyclists/31821/

http://www.kurzweilai.net/volvos-first-self-driving-cars-now-being-tested-live-on-public-roads-in-swedish-city

http://www.wired.com/2014/05/the-robot-car-of-tomorrow-might-just-be-programmed-to-hit-you/

Woah!^

Some many unintended consequences to robo-cars. (as there are/were to Human driven Vehicles -HDVs?)

How can a programme make a moral decision or an algorithm be created to reflect these kind of thought processes. That would need proper AI which is a long way off

Robotanks
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-27332130

The future is bright :)

I'll have one for the commute, ta.

Google: http://recode.net/2014/05/27/googles-new-self-driving-car-ditches-the-steering-wheel/

http://googleblog.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/just-press-go-designing-self-driving.html?m=1

That^ was just on the Today programme. They stated that 90% of crashes are due to driver error and their cars would eliminate this. I also like the idea of a speed cap (25mph) though it could be capped lower.

(Still no news on riderless bicycles though)

“We imagine at some point there will be an accident with one of these vehicles, so we’ve designed the front end to be soft,”

Doesn't fill you with confidence. It will be decades before these are allowed on the roads though, liability issues will always act as a road block

^^ and ^^^ was also written up in the New York Times today. Musta been a press dump.

Doesn't fill you with confidence. It will be decades before these are allowed on the roads though, liability issues will always act as a road block

It doesn't fill you with confidence that they're designing them to be safe in an accident? For regulatory and common-sense reasons they need to be made safe. Google hasn't said they will never have an accident - they are safer than traditional cars, not magic.

It won't be decades before they're on the road. They're already being tested on the road.

yup can't wait for autonomous cars

(Still no news on riderless bicycles though)

Done years ago:
Ghostride - YouTube

Not sure why you have to dance though

I think this is awesome, all the "YOU PAY NO ROAD TAX!" cunts can sit in their robocars, unable to swerve at cyclists, bull-through ped crossings, jump reds and park in cycle lanes to let a passenger jump out.

Done years ago:
Ghostride - YouTube

Not sure why you have to dance though

I think it's more mysterious that he's doing it in the street and not in the sky.

I think this is awesome, all the "YOU PAY NO ROAD TAX!" cunts can sit in their robocars, unable to swerve at cyclists, bull-through ped crossings, jump reds and park in cycle lanes to let a passenger jump out.

Or go faster than 25mph.

In fact the environmental risk will so low that those driverless car users will be happy to cycle in towns so won't use the damn things

^^^ Even as a car fanatic, it took me a while to come to terms with how beneficial autonomy is in any city. I see it as sure, the "human instinct" touch will be missing, but human instinct is also a cause of many other negative emotions. Those emotions + vehicle = Unpredictability.
Predictability on the road will be awesome.

Imagine all these cars in a network too. Communicating problems, data, congestion zones. Road with heavy cycle use? Avoid or give wide berth. All cars communicate this information on that stretch and follow suit.
This is just in the city. Imagine all that being applied for long distance/high speed travel. Human errors > Window.

That^ was just on the Today programme. They stated that 90% of crashes are due to driver error and their cars would eliminate this. I also like the idea of a speed cap (25mph) though it could be capped lower.
(Still no news on riderless bicycles though)

On motorways with closer drafting imagine the fuel savings and higher speeds. Imagine being driven home pissed - just pass out in the back seat. Imagine a commute where not a single bell end decides 10 seconds is worth risking your health for.