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This is seriously wicked Greg!

Truly I'm stunned. At first I was a bit closed-minded and bigoted I guess when I started to watch this... but then I'm allowed to drive on the opposite side of the road and nearly take ppl out several times a week so I'm the last person who should judge. Steve seems to be a much safer person on the road than I am here. If they can perfect this, it'll change the world. Buy more Google stock people!
 
I've seen quite a few different implementations of this concept over the last decade. Looks like they're using a laser or sonar sensor on top of the car and GPS. I've seen several different applications where the car primarily uses video recognition. I would assume that this car uses it as well for things like stop lights and stop signs. Not sure how speed limits are handled either. Maybe that doesn't interest most people though. But it's pretty disappointing that they don't even show the application of how the car is navigated like giving the car a destination, pulling into parking spaces, or through the drive-thru. It doesn't seem to park very well either. It was crooked in the parking spot and in the driveway. Is this something that's on the horizon as an OPTION? Sure. But will it be a staple? I doubt it. Not only does this add (probably fairly steeply) to the cost of an automobile, but I think many people will be reluctant to give up control of their drive.
 
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I've seen quite a few different implementations of this concept over the last decade. Looks like they're using a laser or sonar sensor on top of the car and GPS. I've seen several different applications where the car primarily uses video recognition. I would assume that this car uses it as well for things like stop lights and stop signs. Not sure how speed limits are handled either. Maybe that doesn't interest most people though. But it's pretty disappointing that they don't even show the application of how the car is navigated like giving the car a destination, pulling into parking spaces, or through the drive-thru. It doesn't seem to park very well either. It was crooked in the parking spot and in the driveway. Is this something that's on the horizon as an OPTION? Sure. But will it be a staple? I doubt it. Not only does this add (probably fairly steeply) to the cost of an automobile, but I think many people will be reluctant to give up control of their drive.
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Seriously? I've already paid an extra however many k for my car to reverse and parallel park for me. If I could pay a bit more to have my car navigate roundabouts and hook turns I truly would. I'm a menace on the road over here... no driving test need... just swap a N. American licence for another. I don't want to say it's a gender thing as I'd be doing my side wrong but I swear I'd take this option in a second.
 
MonkeyF0cker
I've seen quite a few different implementations of this concept over the last decade. Looks like they're using a laser or sonar sensor on top of the car and GPS. I've seen several different applications where the car primarily uses video recognition. I would assume that this car uses it as well for things like stop lights and stop signs. Not sure how speed limits are handled either. Maybe that doesn't interest most people though. But it's pretty disappointing that they don't even show the application of how the car is navigated like giving the car a destination, pulling into parking spaces, or through the drive-thru. It doesn't seem to park very well either. It was crooked in the parking spot and in the driveway. Is this something that's on the horizon as an OPTION? Sure. But will it be a staple? I doubt it. Not only does this add (probably fairly steeply) to the cost of an automobile, but I think many people will be reluctant to give up control of their drive.
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Yeah to the outsider this is a rather exciting thing to see, but if you're into this kind of stuff it's not very impressive. You see them all over the roads where I work. I think it would be fun to work on, but as a real world application I don't see it taking off. I see more of an infrastructural transportation change happening far before unmanned vehicles begin moving around the general public.

If you are really into it MF I'd suggest taking a trip or joining a team in the DARPA challenge. The technology for that is far more exciting and cutting edge. This is just googles attempt at creating it for the average Joe and they aren't far off to give them credit. They also just have so much bloody money they will spend it on any random or creative idea just for the hell of it.
 
I've played with the technology in the past. I built a little autonomous vehicle which was going to be a robotic vacuum cleaner (before the Roomba). There was a circuit board called the Handy Board that I purchased from MIT around 1997 or so which allowed you to program and control servo motors, sonar sensors, etc. Apparently, people still use it. Perhaps, some day I'll revisit the technology. But not for a while yet.
 
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