Roborace

[mzivtins]

http://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2015 ... nship.aspx

This new championship called ‘ROBORACE’ will provide a competitive platform for the autonomous driving solutions that are now being developed by many large industrial automotive and technology players as well as top tech universities.

Er, thoughts?

Already i can see one attraction, huge crashes without a human ever being hurt .

[turbof1]

So, anyone thinking of a Maldonadobot? We could call it the Terminator.

[TzeiTzei]

Robot racing.. I don't know what to expect. Doesn't feel very exciting right now.

[mzivtins]

So, anyone thinking of a Maldonadobot? We could call it the Terminator.

hahaha frickin' robot cars with lazer beams in the roll-hoops!

[bauc]

The new poster for the Roborace series

[mzivtins]

If there are pit stops, these should be fully robotic too.

remove the pit lane speed limit altogether that would be eye opening!

[mzivtins]

http://www.technovelgy.com/graphics/con ... obocop.jpg

The new poster for the Roborace series

HAHAHAHAHAHA i'm dying here! hahaha

[turbof1]

So, anyone thinking of a Maldonadobot? We could call it the Terminator.

hahaha frickin' robot cars with lazer beams in the roll-hoops!

They could even use the T1000 alloy. If it crashes, it just pulls itself back together. Gives a whole new meaning to "I'll be back". #Iknowtoomuchaboutterminator

[bauc]

So, anyone thinking of a Maldonadobot? We could call it the Terminator.

hahaha frickin' robot cars with lazer beams in the roll-hoops!

They could even use the T1000 alloy. If it crashes, it just pulls itself back together. Gives a whole new meaning to "I'll be back". #Iknowtoomuchaboutterminator

We need to blow up SkyNet ASAP to prevent it

[turbof1]

Oh dear, skynet?


I'm smelling something fishy.

No, in all seriousness I don't see the point of it. The winner will be largely the one who qualifies first, so the one with the fastest processor/reaction time. It'll take the emotion out of racing. I think racing should be left to entities that can fail, as in humans. That makes racing so fun to watch.

[Just_a_fan]

The point of it, presumably, is to encourage the development of technology and algorithms that can be applied to road cars. This is a good thing and to be applauded. Just the sort of race series that should be road car relevant. Leave F1 as a "fantasy" tech series with little/no road relevance.

[mzivtins]

No, in all seriousness I don't see the point of it. The winner will be largely the one who qualifies first, so the one with the fastest processor/reaction time. It'll take the emotion out of racing. I think racing should be left to entities that can fail, as in humans. That makes racing so fun to watch.

That is an interesting point.

I would hope the rules would dictate that the control systems design was closed loop, so no comms with the other cars around. It would be interesting to see a computed algorythm make a planned movement only to be met with an unforseen variable, such as another car moving in the way .

Tbh the Asimo robot has a huge following, like it is some sort of internet instagram dog that people love
I could see a car having some kind of inherited personality, all it needs its some way of showing response to a fan and the general public will fall in love with it, bluuurrrrggghhhh

[mzivtins]

I remember a girlfriend genuinely feeling sorry and sad for Asimo after seeing this:


I think these will be seen as real race cars with personalities and many wont feel anything different than watching a real human.

Real F1 fans are far to intelligent for that though!

[machin]

The idea of driver-less cars seems a bit "pointless" to me... Radio-controlled cars just don't do it for me, and this is just a little step on... however for some reason these japanese fighting robots (or "dancing robots" might be better in some cases) make strangely compelling watching...!

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufOz00oYzZM[/youtube]

[Andres125sx]

If there are pit stops, these should be fully robotic too.

remove the pit lane speed limit altogether that would be eye opening!

+1!