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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. Explanation by OpenSourced · · Score: 5, Funny

    The researchers have programmed Shelley to handle like a racecar by using a set of computer calculations called algorithms

    Ha! So that's how they did it! Quite simple, really, once you know the trick.

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    1. Re:Explanation by whopub · · Score: 5, Funny

      Truth is, it's probable just The Stig in the trunk, with a laptop.

    2. Re:Explanation by MaWeiTao · · Score: 5, Informative

      The car is named after Michèle Mouton, her nickname apparently was Shelley, the most successful female rally driver to date. Apparently she's considered the most successful female driver in all of motorsports. And it just so happens she drove Audi's and she was the first woman to win the Pikes Peak hill climb. I'd say that's a far more appropriate reference than anything from Asimov.

  2. Note to Self by Kozar_The_Malignant · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Observe trials from uphill side of road.

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  3. Obligatory AWESOME PP Video by imaswinger · · Score: 5, Informative

    Ari Vatanen racing up pike's peak: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKgeCQGu_ug