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Formula E to Stage Driverless, AI "Roboraces"

posted by takyon on Thursday December 03 2015, @03:02AM   Printer-friendly
from the we-want-more-crashes dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

Real-time computing algorithms will replace humans in an innovative series of driverless races to be staged alongside the regular Formula E season, promotors said on Wednesday.

The Formula E championship features 10 teams of two drivers on city-centre circuits. Brazilian Nelson Piquet Junior won the inaugural 2014/2015 world championship.

It is seen as a cleaner and greener alternative to Formula One and the news of the Formula E initiative coincides with the Paris-hosted COP21 global climate talks.

Now Formula E and Kinetik, a technology company specialising in electric vehicles and trains, will also stage races between 10 teams of two driverless cars on the same circuits as a warm-up show to the main event.

This new championship called 'ROBORACE' will start for the 2016-2017 season. The Artificial Intelligence (AI) guided one-hour races will run over the full championship.

Won't taking humans out of the driver's seat take all the drama and excitement out of the sport?

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  • (Score: 1) by Darth Turbogeek on Friday December 04 2015, @03:42AM

    by Darth Turbogeek (1073) on Friday December 04 2015, @03:42AM (#271684)

    Rallying is the term used for the last 100 years almost everywhere around the world and can refer to short navigational rallies to Paris -Dakar raid style events and is in fact a time trial, not a race under FIA rules. The point is always to either score the lowest number of penalty point or achieve the lowest elapsed time or a combination of both.

    Rally racing is Rallycross. You just need to get to the finish line before the other competitors you are racing - if you can do that by driving slowly then hey, you still win! It is not a time trial and hence not a rally, it is a race. And is looked down on as a pissweak distant cousin of real rallying unless there is Group B involved.

    There is also a very big difference in the rule book, crews, cars, driving requirements etc.

    so yep, rallying and rally racing are two VERY different things and calling rallying "rally racing" often will set you up for a swift punch to the face by a bunch of drunk rally fans.