milee
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Post by milee on Oct 30, 2014 19:02:54 GMT -5
The article goes on to describe some other issues (although IMHO the other issues are much more solveable), but the mapping and keeping the maps updated to the minute is the toughest challenge unless someone entirely scraps the existing technology and comes up with a new platform.
So I may be a dangerous 70 year old driver after all since there's a good chance they won't be ready for the public before then. 
That being said, I still think automated trucks are a possibility if they have the trucks running the same, maintained and mapped routes just like the current Google car does. The trucks wouldn't cover the entire country, but could be used for a large amount of bulk shipments that just go from dock to distribution center, etc. |
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Post by resolution on Oct 30, 2014 20:03:50 GMT -5
I was also hoping to get a Google car before my eyesight completely fails. Hopefully they will find a solution for their mapping issue. I had read some articles that indicated Nissan would have an autonomous car on the road by 2020, but it seems a bit premature.
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Post by zibazinski on Oct 30, 2014 20:45:29 GMT -5
I would love to get on 75 and just point my car south. Read, watch tv, play on my computer, until I was in sunny Florida!
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Post by billisonboard on Oct 30, 2014 20:54:11 GMT -5
I would love to get on 75 and just point my car south. Read, watch tv, play on my computer, until I was in sunny Florida! |
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Post by billisonboard on Oct 30, 2014 20:58:02 GMT -5
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Post by Ombud on Nov 1, 2014 18:44:33 GMT -5
Crap!! Tried fixing the water heater using online advice. So now it is still dripping, and I shut off the pilot light. Not the water intake valve. Online it shows me how to repair what I just did, but I don't understand. So I called up the plumber and he said the water heater was only set too hot. Now I've got an emergency call for someone to come out and reset the pilot light cuz I'm not positive I turned it off or back up again. Sometimes you're just better using a human.  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2014 9:06:49 GMT -5
All I can picture is the robot not being able to answer a question and there being no live person anywhere around. Customers just getting upset and walking out the door or better yet picking up a 2 X 4 and beating the robot to bits  . I'd be happy with a computer screen somewhere that let me type in what I wanted and would give me the location and maybe even the ability to print it on a piece of paper. Don't need no fancy robot and it would be a lot cheaper. |
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