When Do We Get Robot Cars? Because Driving Really Sucks

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by abdophoto • 12 years ago

4 7 12 years ago

rberger• 12 years ago

I say this everytime I get in my car

Driving sucks because cars have horrible user interfaces. Car manufacturers should make cars that can be driven with joysticks instead of the current steering-wheel-pedals-and levers-all-over-the-place mess before even thinking about intelligent, driverless cars. Drive-by-wire, even tanks have it now.

mvid2• 12 years ago

Tanks are slow moving with a 0 degree turning radius. How would you imagine cars operating with joysticks?

You would shred your tires unless they shared control somehow.

dragonwriter2• 12 years ago

Tanks are slow moving with a 0 degree turning radius. How would you imagine cars operating with joysticks?

I would assume "not like a tank". A steering wheel is 1 dimensional. Conceptually braking and acceleration can be mapped to a one-dimensional continuum, so you've got two axes that map well to a joystick. With nonlinear response, you could probably replace all three of those controls with one stick.

When Do We Get Robot Cars? Because Driving Really Sucks

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