Indycar race with no human onboard in October at IMS

[turkeydance]

let the article do the talking.....

No driver? No problem—this is the Indy Autonomous Challenge

Ars meets the college engineers who hope to revolutionize racing.

arstechnica.com

 

[The War Wagon]

Ya' know... I was doing that as a kid back in the '70's in Hickory.

We called them, "slot cars."

 

[ChickenHawk]

I want man to race machine.

 

[1858 Remington]

"It won't be too long until, maybe on a ubiquitous basis, we see an autonomous vehicle," he said. "Although it's not likely you'll go out and buy an autonomous car any time soon."
As for the IAC, competitors will continue to tweak their algorithms and test their cars in the months ahead, hoping to outclass the competition and take home the prize money. While a dedicated, fully autonomous racing series could be an interesting future project, most competitors, like Jung, are focused right now on the race at hand—and one goal in particular.

"No crashing," Jung said with a laugh. "Our main goal is to cross the finish line in one piece."

No crashing. Whatta concept. A 63 mph tractor trailer that can drive the miles & miles of non city interstate at night, when there is no traffic w/o crashing.

 

[Cowboy]

Ya' know... I was doing that as a kid back in the '70's in Hickory.

We called them, "slot cars."

View attachment 360989

Now that looks fun!!

 

[Ferrisfan]

I will wait and judge success from the number of cars that pass another car (excluding crashes).

 

[Windini]

When the last human driver is sidelined, racing will be as exciting as watching a computer play solitaire with itself.