Stanford Robot Car Capable of Slide Parking

kkleiner writes "Stanford's Junior, the robot car that took second place at DARPA's Grand Challenge in 2007, has learned how to perform a tire-squealing 180-degree spin into a skin-tight parking space. Similar to a James Bond action scene, the maneuver is impressive and would be extremely difficult for a human to pull off. We won't be handing the keys over to robot cars anytime soon, but Stanford shows us that at least for some driving tasks robot cars can already meet or even exceed human ability."

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Re:Well, except for the part...

[7-Vodka]

This ^^ my friends is what we call a "party-pooper".

It is a rare breed which when in it's natural habitat, takes an oddly small kind of pleasure in boring the crap out of all who are within earshot by talking down at people with exciting stories as if being sensible is somehow the new cool and they are taking it to a new level. That's right, disdain for other people's exciting stories. Good is bad, boring is cool, everything is turned on it's head!

Let us move along before he starts to post again, poo-pooing the story of when a girl at a night club flashed for this kid's camera and elaborating on the dangers of sexual activity.

What problem does this solve?

[damn_registrars]

If we're parking vehicles in spaces they can't get out of, aren't we only making the congestion and parking problems in large cities worse?