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Hardware: When an Algorithm Takes the Wheel
Posted by
ScuttleMonkey
on Monday April 17, @01:32PM
from the take-the-next-step-and-drive-for-me dept.
Wired has an interesting look at Jaguar's new automated driving dynamics system in their new XK convertible. From the article: "During
an extreme test of the XK's handling capabilities, the car only
fishtailed back and forth once after I jerked the steering wheel on a
wet road around a 90 degree turn while driving at about 60 mph. The
car's back wheels swung first left then right before the XK's sensors
registered a difference in torque between the rear tires and,
transparent to me, righted the fishtailing effect by a combination of
de-acceleration, tire rotation and vehicle weight distribution control.
More often than not, the sensation of flatness, as if there were a
vertical force pinning the car to the road, was also felt then and when
taking less extreme curves at high speeds."
Cool.