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Re:Police Say Uber Is Likely Not at Fault for Self-Driving C... by dingaling on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @04:10AM (#16626737)
Even the original DARPA Grand Challenge in 2005 was won by a system installed on VW Taureg, an enormous two-tonne SUV.
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Re:Police Say Uber Is Likely Not at Fault for Self-Driving C... by ovi256 on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @05:07AM (#16626957)
They used a big SUV to get rough road capability, necessary for the Grand Challenge, and to have the space to rack all the equipment they needed. 13 years later, an Nvidia Jetson (a single board computer) has more computing power than their whole setup, and a medium drone can carry it.
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