Video: Google's Self-Driving Car Performs Like a Precise Maniac

AVANTI R5 · 03-04-2011, 01:32 PM

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Google's self-driving car project is ambitious at heart--working with DARPA, Google is aiming to cut the number of traffic-related fatalities by as much as half, saving fuel along the way. But the badassery of the project has been kept largely under wraps until now: This video comes from a demonstration at a TED conference, and we can see that Google's robot drivers have the cold, steel heart of a rally driver.

The video shows a self-driven car powering through a test course, screaming around tight curves with total precision--not the hesitant, leisurely drive the video operator expected. It's not clear if the course was pre-mapped into the car's navigation or if it was using its sensors to pilot in real-time, but either way it's both impressive and intense.
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endlesss · 03-04-2011, 01:56 PM

You would think they would do this in a abandoned parking lot with nothing around. There were concrete barriers all over... I'd be flipping out in that car.

Calamity Jesus · 03-04-2011, 02:21 PM

I posted this in the last thread about the Google cars..

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Originally Posted by Beaverboy

BTW: anyone with a Netflix subscription can watch this cool documentary on the 2nd DARPA Grand Challenge. It includes some of the people from the article.
http://www.netflix.com/WiMovie/The-G...?trkid=1211017

XanRules · 03-04-2011, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by endlesss

You would think they would do this in a abandoned parking lot with nothing around. There were concrete barriers all over... I'd be flipping out in that car.

This!

07VTRex · 03-04-2011, 02:38 PM

trust in science

industrial · 03-04-2011, 08:01 PM

Awesome stuff. Must be fun to work at google.

shikataganai · 03-04-2011, 08:08 PM

It hit over 1 lateral g!

ghibli99 · 03-04-2011, 08:20 PM

Wow... lots of questions in my mind, but that's still crazy cool. We've come a long way since Dr. Hammond's SUVs-on-tracks from Jurassic Park.

Kubek · 03-04-2011, 08:53 PM

Who's going to get the ticket?

Lboogie · 03-05-2011, 04:23 PM

That's in Long Beach, I wanna see the Google cars run the Long Beach Indy Car track route

That parking lot is a couple stories up, had things gone all wrong, those guys would have been in the first Google self FLYING vehicles.

The Database · 03-06-2011, 02:19 AM

Definetly looks like it has a pre mapped route.

Chromer · 03-06-2011, 08:25 AM

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Originally Posted by shikataganai

It hit over 1 lateral g!

But... That's unpossible, it's a Prius!

dowroa · 03-06-2011, 08:26 AM

When trying to describe autoXers in the future, I will ensure I reference them as "Precise maniacs".

- brian, welcomes his new overlords.

1RandomW · 03-06-2011, 01:01 PM

if its fast i'll take it

HIREN · 03-06-2011, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Chromer

But... That's unpossible, it's a Prius!

EDIT: It's a Prius!

Chromer · 03-06-2011, 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by HIREN

I'm guessing you didn't notice the Mazda emblem on the steering wheel.

Rotate... Enhance...

Um....

AfflxnPB · 03-06-2011, 02:58 PM

Thats pretty cool!

Calamity Jesus · 03-06-2011, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Chromer

Rotate... Enhance...

Um....

Yeah, I'm still not noticing it.

BTW: 1G lateral instantaneous. Pretty much any street vehicle can do that. It's having the balance and grip to continue doing it for an entire 360° skidpad run that's tricky.

HIREN · 03-06-2011, 11:32 PM

Hmm, I must have mixed it up with another video

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03-04-2011, 01:56 PM	#2
endlesss Scooby Specialist Member#: 196720 Join Date: Dec 2008 Chapter/Region: MWSOC Location: Cleveland, OH Vehicle: 2010 VW GTI 1991 Nissan 240sx SR20DET	You would think they would do this in a abandoned parking lot with nothing around. There were concrete barriers all over... I'd be flipping out in that car.

03-04-2011, 02:38 PM	#5
07VTRex Scooby Specialist Member#: 179023 Join Date: May 2008 Chapter/Region: MAIC Location: Virginia Vehicle: 07 CGM WRX TR Dom 1.5xtr + PPG's	trust in science

03-04-2011, 08:01 PM	#6
industrial Scooby Specialist Member#: 7250 Join Date: Jun 2001 Chapter/Region: NESIC Location: Home Vehicle: 2013 BRZ WRB	Awesome stuff. Must be fun to work at google.

03-04-2011, 08:08 PM	#7
shikataganai Scooby Specialist Member#: 92634 Join Date: Aug 2005	It hit over 1 lateral g!

03-04-2011, 08:20 PM	#8
ghibli99 Scooby Specialist Member#: 90761 Join Date: Jul 2005 Chapter/Region: SWIC Location: Phoenix Vehicle: 2003 S2000 Save the Manuals!	Wow... lots of questions in my mind, but that's still crazy cool. We've come a long way since Dr. Hammond's SUVs-on-tracks from Jurassic Park.

03-04-2011, 08:53 PM	#9
Kubek Scooby Specialist Member#: 53222 Join Date: Jan 2004 Chapter/Region: MWSOC Location: chicagoland Vehicle: '10 Genesis Coupe '99 Miata	Who's going to get the ticket?

03-05-2011, 04:23 PM	#10
Lboogie Scooby Specialist Member#: 171611 Join Date: Feb 2008 Chapter/Region: BAIC Location: Silicon Valley Vehicle: GH WRX Stg.1 SSM	That's in Long Beach, I wanna see the Google cars run the Long Beach Indy Car track route That parking lot is a couple stories up, had things gone all wrong, those guys would have been in the first Google self FLYING vehicles.

03-06-2011, 02:19 AM	#11
The Database Visiting NASIOC Timeout Member#: 225192 Join Date: Sep 2009 Chapter/Region: South East Location: Orlando/Tampa - FL Vehicle: 2008 BMW E92 M3 Bat Mobile Black	Definetly looks like it has a pre mapped route.

03-06-2011, 08:26 AM	#13
dowroa Scooby Specialist Member#: 17498 Join Date: Apr 2002 Chapter/Region: South East Location: Durham, NC Vehicle: No More Subarus :( Only a truck, for now. ;)	When trying to describe autoXers in the future, I will ensure I reference them as "Precise maniacs". - brian, welcomes his new overlords.

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AfflxnPB Scooby Specialist Member#: 172036 Join Date: Feb 2008 Chapter/Region: Tri-State Location: NNJ Vehicle: 2010 2.5i Prem SSM	Thats pretty cool!

03-06-2011, 11:32 PM	#19
HIREN Scooby Specialist Member#: 51633 Join Date: Dec 2003 Chapter/Region: TXIC Location: Central TX Vehicle: 2013 GT-R	Hmm, I must have mixed it up with another video