Roborace's first ever driverless hillclimb

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See the historic moment when Roborace's Robocar went up the hill without a driver. #FOS

[@GoodwoodRR]

Meet Robocar's younger brother, Devbot: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oorbdIKgfr15haM

[@dukenukem5135]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 not much excitement

[@channel_abc123_]

Wow they invented RC

[@benlecluyse]

Woahh

[@dorfsteen]

What was that part that came flying out of it?

[@neihomai8]

electric cars sound HORRIBLE...

[@garethlewis3743]

This car would be ideal for someone who doesn’t need transport.

[@deadlyrubberduck]

Don’t need to go anywhere? No worries!! We got you covered ;)

[@qcpostmalone3493]

Imagine a saddle and you just ride it and he take you where you want

[@bongumusamwandla3165]

Lmao and the purpose of a car is transportation...these engineers are smart and dumb🤣🤣🤣🤣⚰⚰⚰⚰

[@Robnoxious77]

@@qcpostmalone3493 Just put some silicone rubber on the camera and plug yourself in. No seatbelt required.

[@deancharlton8642]

😂😂😂😂

[@stringtheorymedia]

The sound of that car stirs emotions, including homicidal madness and existential despair.

[@jasonromd.lacidajr1348]

AHAHAHHAHHAH true

[@lookinforladies]

Why

[@tottedpotato]

"i don't want to do this.....why are you making me do this, jerry!?" -robocar

Imagine 20 of these on a track..

[@No0one01]

Hahahahahahahaha

[@winibaldcroux2000]

That breathtaking sound when it accelerates to its 45mph top speed....amazing

[@BigDaddyTony24]

Hahahahaha it’s like the Peter Griffin giggle

[@Sharpened_Spoon]

Exactly what I expected with all the engineering they put into aero..

[@riceracing3184]

@@BigDaddyTony24read this before it started and that’s all I could hear 😂

[@Nobody-xe9fc]

Twilight Zone

[@seanaltandush3112]

What breathtaking sound 😂😂😂😂 sound like a witch from minecraft we have different ears?

[@JGunit]

I'd actually watch a race with a bunch of these. Just balls to the walls, tons of crashes, cars going the wrong way etc... with no loss of life.

[@porschedriverful]

thats called gran turismo lobby

[@dondacosta6712]

That's an awful lot of aerodynamics for a speed of about 40 miles an hour !!

[@SoundsOfTheTremors]

Don DaCosta probably not trying to crash it during exhibition if I had to guess

[@bipolatelly9806]

Alex Martin If I had to guess... I'd guess that you think this shit is hunky dory! I'd guess that you're a sheeple.

[@jairdonporter6605]

That's why humans are more efficient in this section

[@IDirtyMangoI]

It topped out at 78mph

[@hotrodderrecycler3202]

Bad publicity is not good publicity when it comes into crashing into crowds. Just ask Mercedes. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iH7SmWiej6aUkM0

[@hsvenforcer]

IT steers like someone playing with a keyboard instead of a steering wheel

[@nickp1548]

Can you imagine what it's going to be like being a passenger in a self driving car if that's how they steer.🤮

[@aliks_777]

well this is their first self driving racecar

[@nightlightabcd]

You seem to be sidestepping that no other driverless car even comes close to this!

[@pin65371]

If I was driving like that I'd get pulled over and given a breathalyzer

[@hoofed3096]

@Tomislav Puklin would it be a completion between drivers and companies but a company between who programs the best robot then tbh

[@menotyou5065]

This is the future - imagine a race of driverless cars at a circuit with no spectators.

[@user-rw8uq3tv6p]

More exciting than NASCAR

[@u.a.nugroho]

Yes. Driverless needs spectatorless circuit..

[@Alexmaystudio]

It’d be cool to watch a circuit race with these cars, if the car could learn from lap to lap and get faster and faster.

[@lemmontree1]

There are simulations of this on KZbin. Quite entertaining.

[@MC_Allan]

I prefer watch driver who could learn from lap to lap and get faster and faster than robot who do the same thing. This will be more entertaining.

[@KhaiGK]

No it won't

[@tankerboysabot]

No.

[@Pazair-nq6gl]

después de docenas de duras pruebas, al fin conseguí tiempos de vuelta similares entre mi ordenador de sobremesa, la tablet y el smartphone de mi amigo Stan. Bonita mierda

[@JirunoGiovanna]

This thing's sounds like a cry for help from the reincarnation of a depressed Herbie.

[@malicious1111]

He aquired self awereness and thought why destroy this sport with hybrid self driven cars??? It's meant to be mechanical machine and pilot...

[@W8LF_-]

I had to lower the sound!

[@benjim195]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@mungomidge1090]

Haha!

[@realsupercopter]

To me it sounded like a 100+ years old Tesla. Or a weird electric grandma.

[@RealStuntPanda]

For those, like me, wondering if it's an AI or a remote human controller: it's 100% autonomous. There's no human controlling it.

[@IvoRadev]

We can see it. Even a blind person would drive better.

[@bossmanduck]

@@IvoRadev The rc cars are much more faster than this IA car...

[@IvoRadev]

@@bossmanduck Absolutely

[@ChristnThms]

I think most of the comments here, don't acknowledge what we're actually seeing. Comparing the performance of this car to what a seasoned driver can do isn't rational. This is AI, without the benefit of learning. A fair comparison would be to take an adult who has never even ridden in a car before, explain to them how they work and how to go fast, and then see how well they drive a race car. From that perspective, I'd be willing to bet that this AI did better than any human could possibly do. More to the point though, once the AI learns a bit more, it's reaction times and precision will always beat humans. So, the only question is the amount of learning necessary to get there. The end result is both obvious and inevitable.

[@IvoRadev]

@@ChristnThms Nope. You're wrong. You think the AI was just put there and it had to drive. I'm completely sure though that it was programmed (otherwise it wouldn't know what to do with the sensors anyway, like their car that crashed in the wall directly from the start line). Programing this is like teaching the driver to drive. So, it's either bad job at programming the AI or bad job of the AI executing the programs. Basically it's a bad job and a bad result.

[@MikeFoto_na_Moto]

Impressive sound! Reminds me my kid's toy car :)

[@paddington1670]

terrible mesh on straight cut gears without any torque, yep, sounds about right.

[@ripvanwinkle3509]

I love motorsport and have done since I was a child. I watch this car in complete bewilderment and find my mind drifting to the thousands of worthwhile projects the millions spent could have gone to. It's a perfect example of 'just because you can, doesn't mean you should' and personally, I hate everything about it.

[@sammalloc269]

Oh you should take a look at something like Formula 1. Its more pointless than this robocar . With 100x the money they are trying perfect technology that prius did 20 years ago.

[@mz5790]

​@@sammalloc269It's a form of Motorsport. And it has been going on for over 70 years. Why shouldn't people question the usefulness of every other sport then? And since when can a Prius come round a corner at over 200kph?

[@EvostarSC]

"Amazing. The car feels much slower than before"

[@ninetailedfox579121]

GP2 AI.

[@MakeYourVision]

@@ninetailedfox579121 Nando, you strongly need to login.

[@prasadpatil1346]

GP2 engine GP2

[@giovaniocjr]

For those who like technology this is an incredible machine, but for those who like cars and motorsport this is the end.

[@9826juls]

this is shit. why do they not see automation like this will end us

[@thesebas3090]

This is just weird

[@gcraib]

Can’t see this catching on. Ignoring the fact that it’s slow and unwieldy (both can be improved), if you remove humans from motorsport you will lose fans.

[@PneumaticFrog]

@@gcraib why do people keep thinking this is gonna replace racing, its not

[@machinech183]

For those with any sense and admirers of both, it's an overly expensive bad joke that can't perform its actual purpose due to an inability to account for accurate gradual steering. In layman's terms... it's a neat looking failure.

[@calebjennings4349]

It’s interesting how many people complain about this car and take it as an insult. It’s cool technology and likely only went slow for safety concerns. But this video is what I love about Goodwood festival of speed because they always showcase very unique cars and they’re truthfully unbiased as to what cars they show off.

[@GABLADER]

I'm not into electric cars, but the sound of this one was the only one that caught my attention... and made me smile!

[@invisible6190]

It was so slow, even the AI at the end, tossed it's helmet out in a fit of rage, and embarrassment.

[@ShotgunRocket]

It was the first time ever, so either the AI out or the engineers capped it so they can see how the car acts. I can't wait to see it do more.

[@madgardener5820]

The AI is going "boss. You know I'm fast, you know I'm better than this. I'm telling you give me full power or I quit, goddammit."

[@BiggerThenKingKong]

Hahahaha 😆

[@masamunemanga]

I thought I was the only one that saw that. 😂

[@zoiodividro]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@alfieaolomons6560]

The sound and how it drives had planted fear deeply into my heart.

[@dewaldschuler9736]

Imagine hearing 100 of them all at once.

[@joshuadaps4903]

Reminds me of sky net bots

[@woutvandesompele8310]

The way it wiggles from side to side in a robotic way makes it look like some creature from a horror movie

[@VividDroid]

Imagine bad engineering from bad engineers and she gets mad and wipes them out instead of improving.her drive structure.

[@alfieaolomons6560]

Look lads, thanks for the comment and all that. But I think some of you guys took it wrong. I was thinking this could be the sound of gradually replacing us as humans and the constantly learning and adjustments made by itself while running is a bit scary to me.

[@drewo.127]

I think this could be a cool way to allow even more intense racing with very little to no people getting hurt! That being said, I feel this could coexist alongside traditional racing, but like in it’s own racing class. And if there are drivers who want to race but aren’t keen on getting behind the wheel, they can sit at a control panel, probably akin to a racing game, and remotely control these cars while being completely safe! But again, this should just be its own class of auto racing, and just coexist alongside all other forms of racing!

[@notme5744]

That would really be freakin' awesome. No need for regulations so they could go wild. It would be so fun to watch. Maybe they could even bring back a kind of group B

[@drewo.127]

@@notme5744 EXACTLY!!! Maybe…even go full on Speed Racer because again, the drivers aren’t in the car!

[@philiptownsend4026]

That thing gave me the shivers. Life would not be worth living without driving.

[@KahurangiSteez]

Don't worry, you'll probably be gone before driverless takes off anyway.

[@toututu2993]

​@@KahurangiSteez I think all the economy and resources will be depleted before AI take off seriously.

[@KuddleKittens]

@@KahurangiSteez exactly my thought process

[@kennygaming208]

If it can be controlled wirelessly, I would love to drive it as a full sized RC car. This car could be used for full sized RC car racing, imagine the stunts a driver could pull knowing he isn't risking his life doing the trick.

[@tomaszmazur5057]

This is the sound that in 100 years people will be running from...

[@bruceraggett4506]

Next year if Bill gets his way!

[@bruceraggett4506]

No guns, just needles!

[@bunberrier]

Yep. One of these will sit at the intersection of the street you live on, covered in marks from failed attempts to destroy it, and graffiti. You will have to show it an ID to pass.

[@keithwhittygmail]

Nah check out Boston Dynamics. They got the tech to hunt us down.

[@spunn_co]

yes the sound sucks

[@Fpvpilot928]

The perfect racing series for those who hate speed and entertainment!

[@BentleyGT10]

And talent!

[@SuperHaima]

Glorified RC car

[@reswolf]

It's their first time, it goes alot faster on oval circuits

[@bwall77nh]

@@reswolf even if it goes faster it still takes away the main part of racing

[@AtomicLimelight]

@@BentleyGT10 so nascar fans? 🤣

[@mchristr]

I can only marvel at the absurdity of a driverless race car. Racing is about human beings, pitting their minds and skills against each other.

[@JustinMcFly1980]

By the time it does the lap 30, would be cool to see how fast its learning and how much time it picks up. A 24hr learning run, the next day would be insanely faster.

[@samey8960]

I was expecting mind-blowing speed and g-forces 😳

[@BenIntentional]

Likewise. I wonder how much they spent in the wind tunnel designing a car for 80kph.

[@imaysin97]

@@BenIntentional give it 5 years.

[@drazenbudis7881]

@@imaysin97 They said that 5 years ago

[@alirezaeftekharzade4924]

Obviously with machine learning the car could do a perfect run. The ai here has not learned the track.

[@indrabendi3300]

Same

[@italk2mysocks]

Poor robot didn't get a checkered flag wave at the end. This is why robots hate us.

[@ninjasiren]

When our robot overlords see this, we will be dooooomed!

[@MrJacksonBollock]

Would the sudden movement of a flag being waved have kicked in it's emergency stop features maybe?

[@laos85]

It does not deserve a flag wave because it performed poorly

[@gregorizi]

He wasn't racing and hate is from observing quasi highest" live" being on earth.

[@nixoocasu3590]

RLM Robot Lives Matter

[@jonathanwilliams8897]

Its not only the first autonomous race car ( not radio controlled by human) but navigates with human spectators next to the track so yeah I think a bit slow is sensible.

[@nopsFU]

Just because we can doesn't mean we should.

[@desireebby3864]

Are we sure that the sound isn't a person crying while hide in the interior of chasis???

[@elephant1851]

Why does this comment only have 1 like!?

[@ireallyreallyreallylikethisimg]

What horrible gearing

[@desireebby3864]

@@elephant1851 casue my channel still under 100 subs :( xD

[@elephant1851]

@@desireebby3864 Looks like nearly all of them liked your comment.

[@mee6v156]

Lol

[@magicalminis597]

No, our AI overlords will prefer to watch their humans race.

[@stereoptr]

Suddenly "human race" has a completely different meaning.

[@ErectileSceptile]

@@stereoptr Imagine they start betting on us like we bet on horses. "I'm putting $25,000 on the North American stallion"

[@RespawnPoints]

Better than complete extermination of the human race.

[@Pilsnor]

I for one welcome our AI overlords.....

[@ErectileSceptile]

@@Pilsnor Hell as long as they feed me I'll be good

[@clorb9016]

Who else is uncomfortable not hearing the robo-whatever not shift gear, me personally yes

[@PENETRATEONTIME]

In approx. 10 years, maybe earlier, these things will blow our minds.

[@GrillerRohde]

Definetely possible, it would be interesting to see racing but the AI makes all the decisions: We could get closer to perfection than ever before.

[@Electrikall]

Damn, as cool as it is, this thing makes me appreciate even the current V6 turbo hybrid PUs of modern F1.

[@SCESG400]

To be fair those engines sound awesome up close. They’re just muffled away with distance

[@bilalghafoor1358]

Formula e be like...

[@alanwatts8239]

I see why they got rid of the driver, no one would sit through an hour or more of this.

[@luishenriquejpgames7588]

As much as this car is the pinnacle of automotive technology, nothing will replace the great car drivers…

[@raxleigh3981]

As a software engineer I understand the incredible technology at play here, but damn was that dull to watch. Electric cars are the way forward, but I will absolutely miss the noise

[@njabulogonya3172]

Something broke off at the end😂😂😂

[@localvic]

Probably unnecessary equipment like a speed sensor

[@Glenn7719]

Im guessing Peugeot had a hand in building it?

[@pearl571]

lool closer. it was something that already was on the road

[@malicious1111]

the sound of some eletric actuator to a parking break, but one leaf is blowed by the wind at that moment and the video ends....

[@andyhatman88]

This made my laugh 😂

[@sem4j]

this is what cars will sound like when aliens repopulate after the Area 51 raid

[@flopofshame2582]

No, I’m pretty sure those fools are going to get shot and/or arrested before they get within five miles of that base 👽 👾

[@AcerHenderson]

At least you could hear the thing unlike the godly awful Prius.

[@petermuller161]

area 51 raid was so last week

[@InheritTheField]

Better raid st james island instead..

[@pullrequest1481]

Bee aliens LOL....

[@minebrother_yt]

as a engineering student, this is awesome, as a craggy, this is bullish*t

[@watus1992r]

It would be nice if the drivers could control the car from a room near the track. Simracing, but with real cars. The percentage of drivers dying on the track would drop to zero.

[@RyanWashock]

This is what it looks like when you give your girlfriend the controller and she tries to play forza

[@Sean_Allcock]

Nah man, that car actually stayed on the track lol

[@RyanWashock]

Sean Allcock LoL you have a point there

[@user-ge2qn6gp4o]

Best comment on here!

[@twasbrillig33]

lmao!!

[@TriggerVR657]

You are implying I have one

[@FakingANerve]

"Up Next: Watching Paint Dry!"

[@JLCraig58]

😂😂😂😂

[@stevemcqueen1096]

After that, watching grass grow.

[@commietearsdrinker]

So regular F1?

[@UriahD85]

On Tonight NASCAR.

[@dsmyify]

Bet the Wright brothers first flight was just as boring.

[@douglasalexander4348]

Scalextric have certainly upped their game.

[@bigsteve9641]

Takes the thrill out of racing, like watching someone racing slot cars boring.

[@anonaconn]

At first I was a bit like ‘it’s a bit slow’ and then I realised what is actually going on here and it’s undeniably impressive. It’s easy to get wrapped up in games, and TV and forget that this is reality. That’s a car, driving it’s goddamn self.

[@kdcrusher7384]

Sounds like a enormous RC-Car! OH wait it is an enormous RC-Car

[@Jimmy_Kiddo]

EXACTLY!! that was painful to watch!

[@ryanwellington7493]

No it's a CC car computer controlled at least RC's still have human input

[@papercut1987]

you can just feel the emptiness and unwillingness of this vehicle. it has no soul

[@DiscoticUK]

The epitome of just because you can, doesn't mean you should.

[@xyber81]

Skynet drives like my Gran and sounds like her mobility scooter freewheeling down that steep hill near her house

[@paulmichaelfreedman8334]

Yes, but every time it runs the course, it gets better and better, just like a human - but with one difference. Upgrade the car with more and more downforce and it will become unbeatable, far surpassing human-safe G-forces. Deep learning: This is the way.

[@andysedgley]

If your Gran's mobility scooter gets up to 78mph downhill, I'd like to see it! And also you're cruel for tampering with it.

[@jean-brandinegaming9363]

Best com ever :)

[@bizarrefruit]

​@@paulmichaelfreedman8334 Yeah and a stone is unbeatable at staying underwater compared to a human, yet I respect free-divers more. Even if it set the lap record it would mean nothing to me, because there was no skill or risk, it just CAN do it. Imagine you meet someone who can speak 20 languages, my guess is you would have a respect for that skill, perhaps you'd even be impressed. Are you impressed that your phone can do the same thing? 22 of these cars on a track wouldn't even be racing to me.

[@paulmichaelfreedman8334]

@@bizarrefruit You're overreacting: just put it into perspective. Computers with the right algorythm and processing power can beat humans at practically everything, in the long run. It's not about the competition, but reality. In factories robots already outperform humans at the bulk of the manufacturing procedures. Only extremely complex handlings which need actual human supervision, will not be replaced by robots in the near future. But even that will be surpassed, eventually.

[@ainahko16]

Every race car driver in the world: "DEY TOOK ER JERBS!!!!!"

[@ainahko16]

@@amjan DERK A DERR!!!!

[@corbins6565]

Derrkkaa Dooooo!!

[@tomb8133]

Durka durka Mohammed jihad

[@Jon_IndieSan_B]

DER TIK RR JBBBBS

[@changosstrikefirst6921]

They took his jerbbbbb!

[@l5epilot73]

I’ve been more entertained watching a cat riding on a roomba.

[@zoohewzoohew8130]

No engine sound or a driver? How fun to watch! If racing ever goes driverless-electric it’s over.

[@NoosaHeads]

The beginning.... Of the end....

[@ItsCriti]

😥😥 I can see it already friend

[@ricardosuarez5833]

Factz

[@gui18bif]

The end was when cars stopped being manual and having handbrakes

[@kledomuc1713]

it's really shivering... AI, what could possibly go wrong?

[@shitpost-o-matic7469]

Evangelion-

[@HB45175]

And it didn't try to murder any people on the way, unlike the autonomous Siemens Mustang which aimed for every human it could find.

[@SadisticStang]

And yet was far more interesting than this tin can.

[@r92cp49]

It’s a mustang thing

[@Blueflag04]

It will become sentient soon enough

[@Rafael47936]

when I saw this comment i first thought it was a Mustang driver joke, but it turns out that really happened! xD

[@Heathen.Deity.]

The Siemens Mustang T1000?

[@Wojack-01]

Someone tell the programmers the shortest path between two points is a straight f”n line

[@PG-20]

It’s quite sad how people don’t see how much of an achievement this is for AI and computing power. This could pave the way for driverless everyday cars (not supercars) so issues like drunk driving and drowsy driving will be combatted.

[@huepix]

love how something breaks off it at the end there 😂

[@KMakoENVtuber]

Honestly, who in the fresh hell would watch a field of 40 of these for 2 hours?

[@10Exahertz]

As someone who developed some driverless AI tech, not me. A person driving is more entertaining, by a lot. Now if the robots are allowed to shoot each other and do flips like the Mach 5 we might be on to something. Until the car is traveling at 320 mph id rather it be a person.

[@thatonenigeriansformula]

some sjw nerd who cant stand good racing

[@tacomeme429]

@@10Exahertz now that you mention it, why don't we add a person whose sole job is to control the weapons attached to the driverless car, and they try to "shoot" each other down as the cars figure out where to go

[@bbdoook]

Someone who watches 100 cars turn left for 8 hours

[@adrianwelgemoed9562]

@@bbdoook accurate

[@Nothuman76]

50 years from now, people will say "can you believe people used to drive cars"

[@chuck.reichert83]

The concept of complete negation of any potential fatalities, while maintaining a tactile racing series with teams, spectators, and sponsors. A potential future for racing is upon us

[@SmR8008]

Just need a peopleless audience devoid of soul and emotion and you'll have a complete set

[@YszapHun]

also you need an automated TV crew that streams to nobody

[@jamessutherland5107]

You my friend , win today. Perfectly put

[@tvdinner325]

There's an Ewok in it.

[@piergiorgio919]

Uhhh i like it am i devoid of emotions? Also the car has a soul, the passion of the engineers that made it. Cars have no soul compared to horses lmao

[@defenda1]

@@piergiorgio919 a car with a driver has more soul than a horse. A car without a driver has none. Yes it may evoke "soul" all by itself but that is only because it evokes the work and artistry of those who made it. Any car evokes the soul of its designers, this one just adds on a few more skill sets. But it has no soul in its own right.

[@ethownzbh]

Do you want skynet? Because this is how you get skynet.

[@HugoFdosSantos]

Skynet/Genesys is coming!

[@stubones]

Yes lets get Skynet to take out the New World Order LOL

[@silentgamer666]

I eant skynet. I want to loot

[@PistonAvatarGuy]

Along with all of the network connected, self-driving cars that are becoming more common on our roads.

[@mikemoore2791]

Ethanmeister omg... i just thought this is frikkin terminator right here

[@HalferLandPerformance]

My favorite part is right at the end, just a hair before it stops and a piece of the car comes flying off the left front fender well 🤣🤣

[@TexasGolfer]

Engineers: We should do a million dollar aero body design for a car that goes 35 mph.

[@TehWarbird]

The technology behind this thing really blows my mind. The speed, not so much. We won't be seeing races with that car soon enough.

[@teabaggins3517]

Who would wanna see a race with AI. You can load Gran Turismo in your PS and let the AI race... It's gonna be as interesting as that. The reason people watch racing is because drivers are humans...

[@therzook]

U r wrong and soon will be surprised, it took no time to for machines to beat humans in chess and go...

[@user-ms1gf6ve7m]

@@teabaggins3517 A nice concept would be to put 1 AI racer as some sort of samples.

[@teabaggins3517]

@@user-ms1gf6ve7m yea, but AI will get the driving at some point down to perfection, and when that happens it will be like watching a Merry go Round. Racing is interesting because of human erro which makes it unpredictable and full of surprises/suspense and because you are rooting for another human. If all is AI driving the car perfectly it is kinda pointless besides some nerds showing off their coding skills

[@someweirdoguy6633]

​@@therzook this isn't chess . . . This is driving.

[@WSBach]

OMG....I hope this will never become mainstream...

[@mrjohnnyk]

It's about as exciting as watching paint dry, I mean how could driverless racing possibly be interesting to anyone? It's an utterly pointless thing.

[@FadhilRamadhan]

@@mrjohnnyk it's gonna be interesting when these robots are crashing into each other. Other than that I'll watch other motorsports

[@hoofed3096]

@@FadhilRamadhan lmao

[@peterantonaros6461]

@@mrjohnnyk It'll be a battle between ML engineering teams

[@mrjohnnyk]

@@peterantonaros6461 Sounds like something nobody would find interesting

[@harendotesabydos4619]

The problem is...a race is not only about driving along a street as fast as possible. It is also about taking risks. And that is smth. a robot will possibly never do.

[@benji.B-side]

A cool looking, badass Dark Knight look, with a kitchen blender for an engine.

[@copete52]

This is literally the opposite of a racecar. Sure its technologically impressive, but so is a graphing calculator.

[@Phonixrmf]

But you can't race a graphic calculators though. At least not with that attitude

[@copete52]

@@Phonixrmf lol. good point.

[@user-ge2qn6gp4o]

@@Phonixrmf I thought that was what they were doing? Wait, so if that's not a calculator with wheels than what is it?

[@Erik3E]

@@Phonixrmf you cant race this car either... it races itself lol

[@harryhartstone2254]

Your parents never bought you that rc car you wanted did they

[@DannyRice01]

It's funny how you can see that it is programmed to keep a metre gap from the edges of the track to avoid accidents. Impressive stuff

[@tooyoungtobeold8756]

Or cyclists.

[@chingompiew1]

not having any canopy for a person makes it look like a Terminator.

[@_dreko]

Expecting: Insane, humanly impossible, record setting speed. Received: 1990's electric RC car running out of batteries.

[@MyEyesBled]

You can see the car over correcting its steering most of the time even though its not going that fast... a better processor would help it crunch all its sensory input ... yet its still a great first try though 👍

[@bayelzhu]

it doesn't even following racing line

[@tayntedmemories]

@@bayelzhu Its a showcase run.... It VERY clearly isnt even trying to be on the limit.

[@R_o_b_e_r_t]

@@tayntedmemories why would you even showcase it then??

[@hiddenspotsbc9772]

I'm blind. I cant see.

[@MyEyesBled]

@Lessko Brandon

[@westsenkovec]

The cars of the future won't need drivers. Or passengers.

[@W--ko9ms]

Then there won't be a sport nor will there be people to watch it.

[@mrjohnnyk]

And there will be no purpose for their existence.

[@jobo526]

New title: Billionaire showing off his new RC car.

[@aloys234]

The only way to appreciate this is without sound, basically whet an electric car is supposed to sound like.

[@veikkoville1]

Plot twist: there is driver laying on his back inside.

[@waynesenbanaynsen]

yeah no he would be heaps faster

[@B2BWide]

@@waynesenbanaynsen no because he's facing backwards. Blindfolded.

[@paulmichaelfreedman8334]

@@waynesenbanaynsen And much much heavier too....pretty sure the computer systems on board weigh much less than a human does.

[@jojosneider7479]

Plot twist in plot twist. Stephen Hawking is steering the racecar with his mouth ...

[@El_Ucca]

And he is driving with a keyboard

[@TheCUTTERbyPHOENIX]

1:42 when even an AI throw its controller, because being mad when it saw its time slip !

[@Ryan.C97998]

1:37 And didn't get the finish line flag wave. Idk what is that boomer women doing there she just like: You race you race I don't care.

[@johngrier8169]

Pretty sure it threw is human

[@cpppak]

I thought, a chip was falling off, wasn't it?

[@ShokiNatsume]

That WOOD CHIP at the end was the highlight.

[@MegamanTheSecond]

they should have drivers pilot the cars remotely to save weight and really push the techonolgy to its limits without risking the lives of driver this would be the future of f1 imo

[@maneeshperfect9356]

Schumacher would have passed it a 10 times in a single lap.

[@NA-ij6pc]

Curry smell

[@GundamVisuals]

Well, It’s clear that Schumacher drove V10’s and V8’s in a era of over many decades of improvement to F1 cars from its first iteration of “slow” cars in its early ages to when he retired. This, like how Formula E started, is it’s first generation of cars. Now with that stated, in the future, it’ll be as fast as Schumacher on tracks after many improvements in tech.

[@pipebomb3659]

Yeah this wasnt really going full speed now was it

[@lordofrims]

The roborace is not about lap times, but about a self driven electric car with a GPS and AI which will in a future maybe help avoid accidents because the driver couldn't predict/stop/control the car on time.

[@siradanadam.]

watch out for this big brain

[@cluffy66]

This thing needs richard hammond to program it... Hopefully it would end up upside down in a field on fire

[@Trigotrymancy]

Car laughs like a goblin who's running away with your stolen gold

[@southpineshooligan]

That sound is absolutely horrendous, I wouldn't want to hear it go even faster.

[@waitingforacentury]

The part that fell off the car at the end just completed this whole video.

[@spinear]

no checkered-flag for you! lol.

[@awonauce8290]

...for what ... whose gonna see it LOL

[@peterama2879]

program the car to see it so it knows the race is over... maybe?

[@DoctorZisIN]

No medal for the droid either.

[@antwango]

something broke at the end

[@cpunto]

If your device autoplayed this, don't dispair, your washing machine didn't turn itself on.

[@CubejamF1]

It's ok guys, the project went bankrupt, it's not a thing any more.

[@InTheSh8]

In 50 years all spectators will be robots, too!

[@miquelmantero3993]

jajajajjajajajajajaja....yes

[@mrjohnnyk]

Well who would want to attend a driverless race? What are you going to root for? Where is the thrill or risk?

[@InTheSh8]

@@mrjohnnyk The best programmer, LOL

[@zureroomsoesheh8026]

@@mrjohnnyk the builders of the car?

[@mrjohnnyk]

@@zureroomsoesheh8026 Doesn't sound like that will attract much of an audience.

[@thespokenword6456]

The sound made me look out the window to see if my Milk had been delivered.

[@znentitan4032]

It does sound like a milk float doesn't it?

[@ematic75]

Coolest big boy toy ever, would be cool to see a bunch of them in automated races and pick your winner

[@PG-20]

It’d be like horse racing

[@buzatusebastian2735]

after so many jokes about teslas sounding like the jetsons spaceship, finally i see an ev that actually sounds like it. nice

[@markmonaghan3535]

Joking aside, to anybody that forgets that the point of auto-racing has always been to act as a test-bed for engineering, this is how we get to the point of being able to say 'Car, bring me to the pub, then come back and get me in 4 hours'. Also a neat scenario: being able to take road trips where you sleep at night but the car keeps driving, not crashing because it learned to drive in racetrack conditions. Basically, if you don't see the future benefits due to this technology you are the very definition of a Luddite.

[@edwindungdung1998]

one of the few smart people in this comment section. good on you sir. Also, I highly agree with your statement.

[@Repa24]

Great! And then more and more people will just use the autonomous mode. Then the insurance prices will skyrocket for cars, which don't have such autopilot features or are not autopilot only. Following that, car manufacturers will start to stop producing driveable cars because of higher costs and lower demand compared to cars with a steering wheel etc. In the end, it will be either too expensive, or even forbidden to drive because of new laws (too many deaths because of humans which were in control etc). Are you excited of that future? I am not!

[@markmonaghan3535]

That's a nice dystopian future you are writing there. Completely the opposite of reality though. Humans are the reason insurance premiums are increasing. People that hate driving, viewing it as a chore, more interested in the radio, they cause most accidents. An autonomous future means cheaper prices for actual driving enthusiasts. We will maintain our own manual machines, like we already do. Drive them around the predictable AI traffic, so less accidents. There will always be a manual option, because of off-roading, farming, and exploration. Future's bright from my perspective.

[@Repa24]

Mark Monaghan Yes, I may be a bit too pessimistic sometimes, but I still go with my version. For example, why are insurance prices for learner drivers higher than for normal drivers? Because they tend to build more accidents. More parts get destroyed, sometimes even the whole car. And with that, Insurances will probably start to include a "driver-aid" component. The more driver aid systems you have, the less you have to pay. Which means, that full autonomous cars will be the cheapest to insure. It's more risky for the insurers to let humans drive, than a machine. It was like that in the past (learner drivers) and in my opinion it will be like that in the future.

[@Bracci0]

Repa, your guess is pretty correct. And I'll go with the "it will be forbidden to drive" version as a 'manual' driver would be dangerous for the automated self driving car system. I mean, imagine that all the cars are AI driven which does not make mistakes, or have 1-2-5 cover modes if something happens. It controls the whole car, it communicates with the other cars. This would mean that all these cars could drive with 300 kmh only 5 centimeters from each other, as every act is 'planned' and contolled. More efficient. So yeah, we should enjoy driving until we can, because we might live until the point when this start to happen in the highly developed countries

[@jpaul4209]

So basically someone brought an electric toy car to a festival and let it run

[@revanatictheplayer5120]

This comment section is so split between car enthusiasts and modern technology enthusiasts. Why can‘t you appreciate this as both? I doubt F1 pr nascar would be replaced by autonomous driving

[@Cabinetbog06]

Exactly, an automonous racing series would never catch on, the point is the technology

[@GrillerRohde]

@@Cabinetbog06 I think once it´s fully developed it has a chance at it´s own racing series.

[@knowledgebyte]

Made by the F1 Williams team. They have a MEB platform as well, similar to what VW are doing. Just buy the platform and put any shell on top. Sounds sweet.

[@bob15479]

That was 2 minutes I'll never get back.

[@EnglishLaw]

I made up for it by listening to a V8 engine for 10 minutes. Feel better now.

[@gustavobonelli5371]

Me in 2050: so that's how they took drivers away from racing My son: cool

[@jefftemplin778]

Starting out there, it was like fingernails on a chalkboard. The lower gears are pretty obnoxious, but after it got going it was more tolerable. Interesting. One day people will be looking back on this car in the same way we now look back at cassette tapes or a landline rotary dial telephones.