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Robotic Audi To Brave Pikes Peak Without a Driver

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the zoom-zoom-splat dept.

Scifi83 writes "A team of researchers at the Center for Automotive Research at Stanford (CARS) has filled the trunk of an Audi TTS with computers and GPS receivers, transforming it into a vehicle that drives itself. The car will attempt Pikes Peak without a driver at race speeds, something that's never been done."

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  1. Good thing the robotic car is NOT an Toyota. by Ron+Bennett · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Pikes Peak would be a very bad place to experience unintended acceleration / breaking issues.

    In regards to GPS, I hope it doesn't become relied upon in mass-production vehicles - already it's bad enough how some drivers over-rely on GPS for directions with nasty consequences when the map data doesn't reflect reality, such as a gravel roads, dead ends, bridges out, etc.

    Ron