How I made a Self-Driving Smart Roadster

[@that_lil_roadster]

Oh my god you're such a genius On the first half of the video I was like "yeah well a radio controlled roadster isn't that much of a self driving car" But you totally got me on the second half

[@phoenixs3]

thnx for watching the whole thing!

[@thehqnd11]

I was thinking of doing this with my 2004 Audi A4 and my friend showed me your video, I'm 100% taking some ideas out of this thank you so much!!

[@bugjuicer]

The Tesla taking the corner and giving up would be scary for anyone not prepared for that! On coming traffic would have made a mess! Great work!

[@HardyAdventure]

Way to go bro! Been waiting to see somebody tackle this. I had only seen Olaf the German in his vanogan. I'm so happy to see you were able to make it real. This is wonderful! I hope to follow in your footsteps!

[@phoenixs3]

thanks!!!

[@DVHdrytooler]

Great work, I thought “needed”/wanted to convert my car to electric first but this is on top of my list now. Great inspiration 🤩

[@rjung_ch]

Amazing what you have done, you have found out how this works. Just super!

[@scotta1725]

Love it, congrats on setting it up.

[@eight10man]

Amazing work! Wish I was that handy :-)

[@HenryOCarmichaelSmith]

The thought of this glitching or disabling mid-corner with your hands off the wheel and causing a head on collision is terrifying.

[@phoenixs3]

isnt that true with any control system though? What happened if a planes autopilot glitched? You do everything you reasonably can to prevent this happening.

[@HenryOCarmichaelSmith]

@@phoenixs3 planes don't pass this closely or at the same frequency. They also have multiple redundant systems for everything including collision prevention.

[@cozmiixx]

congrats on passing your test

[@Watcheswhileeating]

Wow you are crazy smart. Great job!

[@MattsBrabus]

Now I know what to do with my Brabus Roadster!

[@kingoffifa]

excellent work sir!2

[@abdaraziqadamabdallah8302]

Hi, mate I’m watching your driving test every few weeks I have driving test few weeks time

[@SmartRacer]

Interesting :)

[@chrisking5495]

A very smart young man!

[@weshipitjamaica4354]

This is awesome

[@giorgiomajmuni]

nice job mate

[@jprous]

Hi Seb, fantastic work, you may have solved the MERC problem! I have a 2012 B-class 180 CDI manual, but without adaptive cruise control or lane assist. So I am stuck without self steering. I do believe my car uses the same EPAS as the smart. Would you be willing to share your ECU design or even sell it? It would solve a lot of cars with EPAS but not lane keep assit (which is basically the entire SA used car market ;). Great video - JP from SA

[@phoenixs3]

While i have designed it for my own use and tested extensively, I would really be ha[[y installing in other peoples cars yet as if it goes wrong I am responsible for potentially multiple lives. I would require a little more external funding, time and research to get it to a saleable product.

[@Abomin81onVlog]

Take me sub and my thanks. This was a great video and you’ve done some fantastic work here. I’ll be taking a look at open pilot and considering some options after seeing this.

[@KlaasDeCraemer]

Very impressive! Out of curiosity, what happens currently when there is little light or rain? And great work on reverse engineering all these OEM ECUs. I was looking for a way to control an iBooster for an EV conversion, so I'm excited to see you found a way. I'll dig into the repositories :)

[@phoenixs3]

works in extreme heavy rain, even direct sunlight still very good. the comma driving model is very good. i will be selling a kit to control the ibooster shortly. unfortunately my code isnt open source for that as it took 6 months of development time to crack the ibooster.

[@KlaasDeCraemer]

@@phoenixs3 That's understandable. Will the ecu work with both the gen1 and gen2 ibooster? Or specific versions?

[@joshuaherman7265]

@@phoenixs3 how much would it cost to make your code open source?

[@Roakusfm]

Well done bro

[@officialtechin5]

How do you get to this level of technical know-how? Did you study this academically?

[@domtdoodar99]

Been planning on adding openpilot to my BMW E46 estate once ive finished EV converting it

[@phoenixs3]

do it! only challenging this is figuring out how you will actuate steering....

[@domtdoodar99]

@@phoenixs3 currently using an electric hydraulic pump for the EV conversion, but have seen people using Toyota EPS columns which are already hacked and work with retro pilot. So that’s the plan If you fancy selling your older OP hardware after you’ve fitted V3 hardware then I’d be interested

[@loganotoole4859]

Most people don't understand Autopilot and FSD are different. Would be better to compare this with Tesla FSD package

[@phoenixs3]

this tesla has the "FSD" option, but it hardly does anything in uk.

[@MattbrickyReplay]

This is so cool! really want this on mine! was driving through Sodbury at one point, you guys based near Sodbury/Yate?

[@phoenixs3]

yeah thats where i am based

[@TypicalBlox]

Very interesting when Tesla FSD beta goes widescale vs openpilot

[@phoenixs3]

when is the key word there...

[@TypicalBlox]

@@phoenixs3 Elon is saying version 10.2 or 10.3 which means if it stays on the right timeline wide rollout will be probably early October

[@CrAzYDr1veR]

a fun test would be with simulated obstacles coming on to the road to see witch one is the best to avoid them now that we know tesla model 3 just kills deers without problem.

[@phoenixs3]

it wont avoid object. only follow lead cars.

[@richardgodfrey]

Nice one Seb! Would love to learn more so are you thinking of digging deeper into each component at all? Are you local to ZeroEV around Bath/Bristol as I'd love to see it sometime?

[@phoenixs3]

Yeah i work at zeroev. we are near bristol. i didnt want to go into each component as i thaught it could be boring...

[@juangonzalez-dd5zz]

Wow

[@kensan73]

Fantastic work. Is there any possible way this could work on a 2008 Smart Fortwo? I know there is 0 steering assist for starters 😅

[@that_lil_roadster]

Will you ever make a roadster conversion kit ? 😅

[@ebb2421]

but can it run over a deer? Still, very impressive considering the hardware difference:smart phone vs custom AI package

[@almo1202]

👋🏻Did you have submit anything to make this legal on UK roads? Thanks

[@staver76]

Hi Seb, would you be willing to be paid to convert other cars as well? I've been looking at the dodge challengers around 2020 but one of the biggest downsides was the adaptive cruse only works above 30kmh and only has lane keep (not lane centering). Do you think this (or any other year with the V8) can be converted like this?

[@DaveD61]

Brilliantly done! How does this affect your insurance, all these mods would invalidate it, surely?

[@dantedanis]

I usually get in Uber. It drives itself too.

[@phoenixs3]

I usually don't reply to smart asses. I am doing it now...

[@CamaroMD]

How did you design your custom power steering ECU?

[@operatorflix6339]

How much did this cost?

[@georgeman123]

How does rain affect it as the camera is inside the windscreen?

[@phoenixs3]

camera is inside, and windscreen wipers clear windscreen. works no problem in torrential rain too (tested multiple times)

[@ferelfilosofo8757]

How did you installed the CarPlay?

[@legomindstormsfan1]

What kind of screen do you use in the smart roadster where the dashpods would normally be?

[@phoenixs3]

my own custom solution for wireless carplay

[@tiago-so4gk]

Great work. But get a diferent car... the smart has build to be drived... and have fun in it... so its pointless and i actually feel sorry for the car.