Re:New reports suggest limits to autonomous vehicle performance
by kazinator on Saturday February 03, 2018 @02:03AM
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How well could you, human, vacuum a house if all you were given was a Roomba robot's chassis controlled by you via joystick, and maybe a camera mounted in the robot?
There is a physical challenge arising from the form factor, such that your intelligence won't help. Those robots don't do stairs and tight places very well simply because the hardware is that way.
In driving, the robot has the same controls as the human. It can turn the wheels, brake, apply gas. That basic playing field is level.
It's all about how well you make the AI see and understand, and translate that into turning the wheel, changing forward/reverse, and hitting gas/brakes.
There is a physical challenge arising from the form factor, such that your intelligence won't help. Those robots don't do stairs and tight places very well simply because the hardware is that way.
In driving, the robot has the same controls as the human. It can turn the wheels, brake, apply gas. That basic playing field is level.
It's all about how well you make the AI see and understand, and translate that into turning the wheel, changing forward/reverse, and hitting gas/brakes.