Comments on: Inside Saab – Robot cars http://inside.saab.com/inside-saab-robot-cars/ Lorum Ipsum tagline Tue, 27 Dec 2011 02:03:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Anonymous http://inside.saab.com/inside-saab-robot-cars/#comment-1467 Anonymous Tue, 21 Jun 2011 15:05:00 +0000 http://inside.saab.com/?p=1196#comment-1467 By the way... not many people could have explained a subject as complicated as this one as well as you did. It's an art. Congratulations! By the way… not many people could have explained a subject as complicated as this one as well as you did. It’s an art. Congratulations!

]]> By: Anonymous http://inside.saab.com/inside-saab-robot-cars/#comment-1461 Anonymous Tue, 21 Jun 2011 14:24:00 +0000 http://inside.saab.com/?p=1196#comment-1461 <i>You’re thinking this might be some sort of apocalyptic horror story where we aren’t allowed to drive anymore and robots from Sweden take over the driving...</i> You mean we won't get an Otto the autopilot to drive our Saabs if we ever have an attack of food poisoning?  :-) You’re thinking this might be some sort of apocalyptic horror story
where we aren’t allowed to drive anymore and robots from Sweden take
over the driving…

You mean we won’t get an Otto the autopilot to drive our Saabs if we ever have an attack of food poisoning?  :-)

]]> By: Anthony Woodruffe http://inside.saab.com/inside-saab-robot-cars/#comment-1457 Anthony Woodruffe Tue, 21 Jun 2011 11:38:00 +0000 http://inside.saab.com/?p=1196#comment-1457 I can't help but think of Google's autonomous vehicles that have clocked over 140,000mls so far on actual roads and SAAB's affiliation via android's software. I'm not trying to scare anybody here but seeing that so many people are still holding mobile phones to their ears whilst driving (knowing full well it is illegal) or reading maps and in one case reading a paper whilst driving it seems that vehicle automation maybe be something that could well be adopted to protect other road users from these idiots who have been given a driving license. I can see the importance of automation in vehicle testing, but it isn't too difficult to imaging automation being used for motorway driving where vehicles of the future could well be wirelessly linked not all that dissimilar to a row of train carriages, which would ultimately reduce fatigue which is one of the main causes of motorway accidents. I can’t help but think of Google’s autonomous vehicles that have clocked over 140,000mls so far on actual roads and SAAB’s affiliation via android’s software. I’m not trying to scare anybody here but seeing that so many people are still holding mobile phones to their ears whilst driving (knowing full well it is illegal) or reading maps and in one case reading a paper whilst driving it seems that vehicle automation maybe be something that could well be adopted to protect other road users from these idiots who have been given a driving license. I can see the importance of automation in vehicle testing, but it isn’t too difficult to imaging automation being used for motorway driving where vehicles of the future could well be wirelessly linked not all that dissimilar to a row of train carriages, which would ultimately reduce fatigue which is one of the main causes of motorway accidents.

]]> By: Anonymous http://inside.saab.com/inside-saab-robot-cars/#comment-1454 Anonymous Tue, 21 Jun 2011 11:04:00 +0000 http://inside.saab.com/?p=1196#comment-1454 This is incredible stuff!   This is incredible stuff!
 

]]> By: Anonymous http://inside.saab.com/inside-saab-robot-cars/#comment-1452 Anonymous Tue, 21 Jun 2011 08:09:00 +0000 http://inside.saab.com/?p=1196#comment-1452 Most awesome Inside Saab story ever. Totally in awe, loved every second. How you didn't cough up your lunch in that last turn is beyond me, well done Steven. This had better get onto Jalopnik and Autoblog today, it's that good. Most awesome Inside Saab story ever. Totally in awe, loved every second. How you didn’t cough up your lunch in that last turn is beyond me, well done Steven. This had better get onto Jalopnik and Autoblog today, it’s that good.

]]> By: Steven Wade http://inside.saab.com/inside-saab-robot-cars/#comment-1449 Steven Wade Tue, 21 Jun 2011 02:55:00 +0000 http://inside.saab.com/?p=1196#comment-1449 It is indeed an airfield, about an hour or so away from Trollhattan.  At one point during our session there, there was another guy in a 9-5 doing stability control tests at the other end and the tyre noise was quite entertaining :-) We also had a couple of fly-overs by the Swedish Airforce, which was nice.  Those Gripens are noisy, though not more than any other jet, I imagine. The track these guys programmed into the system was a combination of the main runway and various taxiways. It is indeed an airfield, about an hour or so away from Trollhattan.  At one point during our session there, there was another guy in a 9-5 doing stability control tests at the other end and the tyre noise was quite entertaining :-)

We also had a couple of fly-overs by the Swedish Airforce, which was nice.  Those Gripens are noisy, though not more than any other jet, I imagine.

The track these guys programmed into the system was a combination of the main runway and various taxiways.

]]> By: Anonymous http://inside.saab.com/inside-saab-robot-cars/#comment-1448 Anonymous Tue, 21 Jun 2011 02:07:00 +0000 http://inside.saab.com/?p=1196#comment-1448 Absolutely amazing! The test track - is it an airfield? - looks like it'd be a great place to drive a Saab. It's wonderful that Saab has an affiliation with these smart young men. One way or another, it's going to pay off. Absolutely amazing! The test track – is it an airfield? – looks like it’d be a great place to drive a Saab. It’s wonderful that Saab has an affiliation with these smart young men. One way or another, it’s going to pay off.

]]> By: Steven Wade http://inside.saab.com/inside-saab-robot-cars/#comment-1447 Steven Wade Tue, 21 Jun 2011 01:17:00 +0000 http://inside.saab.com/?p=1196#comment-1447 Are you kidding?  My mind was running in circles just trying to read the background material on this one, and that was AFTER I'd been in the car in person.  Amazing stuff these young guys did.  Can't say enough about it. Are you kidding?  My mind was running in circles just trying to read the background material on this one, and that was AFTER I’d been in the car in person.  Amazing stuff these young guys did.  Can’t say enough about it.

]]> By: Anonymous http://inside.saab.com/inside-saab-robot-cars/#comment-1446 Anonymous Tue, 21 Jun 2011 00:53:00 +0000 http://inside.saab.com/?p=1196#comment-1446 I hope you don't hit us with a pop quiz... I hope you don’t hit us with a pop quiz…

]]> By: Saab RedJ http://inside.saab.com/inside-saab-robot-cars/#comment-1445 Saab RedJ Mon, 20 Jun 2011 22:27:00 +0000 http://inside.saab.com/?p=1196#comment-1445 Very impressive !!! Very impressive !!!

]]>