Driverless Formula E Car Crashes At Speed in Buenos Aires

scottalanmiller

Driverless Roborace car crashes at speed in Buenos Aires
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-39027477

Dashrender

Cool, so the races are still worth going to

scottalanmiller

Appears to be so. Another one in Mexico City coming up soon.

nadnerB

Cool! Not that fast though
They'll get there eventually

Grey

That's awesome. I really hope that FE becomes more and more viable.

travisdh1

@nadnerB said in Driverless Formula E Car Crashes At Speed in Buenos Aires:

Cool! Not that fast though
They'll get there eventually

That's part of what's so fun about pushing things to their limits, doesn't matter how good a driver is when something breaks

Grey

@nadnerB said in Driverless Formula E Car Crashes At Speed in Buenos Aires:

Cool! Not that fast though
They'll get there eventually

The article said they were limited on speed since it's mostly for exhibition purposes. Apparently, the robot also missed a dog that got on to the track!

scottalanmiller

@Grey said in Driverless Formula E Car Crashes At Speed in Buenos Aires:

@nadnerB said in Driverless Formula E Car Crashes At Speed in Buenos Aires:

Cool! Not that fast though
They'll get there eventually

The article said they were limited on speed since it's mostly for exhibition purposes. Apparently, the robot also missed a dog that got on to the track!

Yeah, the dog avoidance was awesome.