A2RL. The AI are coming!!...
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...very very slowly. This weekend was the first Abu Dhabi Autonomous Racing League event. 8 teams with adapted 2023 Super Formula cars around Yas Marina. It didn't go well.
https://www.youtube.com/live/HZPj9iAWz-4?si=Z47C4M...
After about 30 minutes of chat, a car went around the track, then Daniel Kvyat went out with it to do some overtakes for a few laps. It went well. Later on there are qualifying sessions. Cars stopped for no reason, as in full on 4 wheel lock ups, cars went off the track. 4 cars went through to the 'race'. This was the first time there had been multiple cars in a race at the same time, it was started at a set pace for 2 laps, then it was green flag, and all the cars didn't know what to do. Somehow they restarted it all and declared a winner. Don't watch the whole thing, skip to the cars on track and be safe in the knowledge that AI racing is nowhere near ready yet. This should have been a private test, not a race event.
I had wondered why things had gone quiet on that Roborace driverless car that was supposed to support Formula E events, if that's at this level too, they're probably right to keep quiet about it.
Found a 10 minute sum up video of the event. I'd missed the bit in the thumbnail where one of the cars did a Lance Stroll.
https://www.youtube.com/live/HZPj9iAWz-4?si=Z47C4M...
After about 30 minutes of chat, a car went around the track, then Daniel Kvyat went out with it to do some overtakes for a few laps. It went well. Later on there are qualifying sessions. Cars stopped for no reason, as in full on 4 wheel lock ups, cars went off the track. 4 cars went through to the 'race'. This was the first time there had been multiple cars in a race at the same time, it was started at a set pace for 2 laps, then it was green flag, and all the cars didn't know what to do. Somehow they restarted it all and declared a winner. Don't watch the whole thing, skip to the cars on track and be safe in the knowledge that AI racing is nowhere near ready yet. This should have been a private test, not a race event.
I had wondered why things had gone quiet on that Roborace driverless car that was supposed to support Formula E events, if that's at this level too, they're probably right to keep quiet about it.
Found a 10 minute sum up video of the event. I'd missed the bit in the thumbnail where one of the cars did a Lance Stroll.
Edited by ajprice on Monday 29th April 08:00
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