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A Full-Size Remote-Control Car

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the standard-passtime-out-west dept.

Ant writes "A video clip (Windows Media Player required) the construction, operation, and demolition. It is a real-life remote control car with Knight Rider references!" The video works fine for me in xine (though sound dropped out for a bit). This car is not yet ready for the Las Vegas run, but if they hook up with some AI reseachers ...

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  1. Look! No hands! by Eudial · · Score: 5, Funny

    Jay! You can finally program AND drive at the same time!

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  2. CMU Already Did This... by robbyjo · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Well, CMU already did this long ago. They use Neural-Nets and they can cruise the highway at 70 mph. The test run is completely automated. Of course there's someone at the driver seat in case that there's something wrong. Interestingly, although the AI system successfully cruising the road, the detection sometimes mistaken a white tree bark for the road divider....

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  3. "Windows Media Player required" by Andreas(R) · · Score: 5, Funny

    What is Windows Media Player? It doesn't come with SuSE...

  4. How far behind are the U.S again?? by Conor+Turton · · Score: 5, Informative

    Jeezuz. WE've had this for years in the UK. There's even a TV series called "Combat Cars" where they take a car, turn it into remote control, add armour and weapons then battle them in a "Robot Wars" type competition.

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  5. Re:Cars UI by gmhowell · · Score: 5, Interesting

    'Fly by wire' systems are starting to appear in conventional autos. Actually the interesting application isn't what you've said, but combining GPS with it. Someone gets lost, the person on the other end drives you to safety. Or combine with those speed sensing cell phone thingies. The cops find out you are speeding, and slowly drive you over to the shoulder to await their 'assistance'.

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  6. Fullsize RC Car by Accipiter · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I love how they demonstrated the throttle using the trigger-controller before they started the car, and it was cool to seem them driving it around in the desert. Very impressive work.

    I liked this up until they started beating the shit out of the car. They literally did all that work to trash the damn thing. They made it do jumps, tried to ski it on two wheels (which eventually made it flip over), rammed it with their trucks, and completely destroyed it. I don't get it. They made this really badass full-size remote controlled car, then they killed it.

    Oh, and posting an article with a direct link to a video file? Dammit, that's pretty lame and inconsiderate. You could have linked to a page with some detail that wasn't a direct goddamned link to the video file. Sheesh.

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