Crazy idea - that's a great way to check how far into the future we can look through technological progress. Audi Company makes it clear that the limit has long been, not where we think he is. It is no secret that any car maker will always try to launch some own know-how. That's only in the case of Audi, there is also an irresistible desire to use all these new technologies in the racing world. Thus, with the advent of diesel technology Ingolstadt cars come up against opponents with diesel engines and racing victories, 24 Hours of Le Mans. Now here it is the turn of the famous race on a fairly rapid "rock climbing" called Pikes Peak. This debilitating battle with time has already been won by Audi in 1987, but now it's time for a new challenge.
The main protagonist this time - Audi TTS, which was pet name Shelley. Its mission is not just a banal participation at the world famous boot Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, and in translating the latest Dream Group - completion of phase without the driver itself. That is, the car must be run without human help, relying only on an algorithm written for his program. Separately, we note that TTS should not simply pass on the highway, and pass it by using the technique of rally driving, showing at the same time acceptable final time. For these purposes, even had a staff parking brake that works exclusively in the manual mode, replace the automatic fitted to the VW Passat.
The algorithms developed at Stanford University, and assistance in writing related programs provided by Sun Microsystems. When the route system will be based on information about pozitsinirovanii provided by Applanix POS LV420 GPS. In addition to accurate navigation, a list of operational know-how includes: an electric steering system gain, an electronic accelerator, the previously mentioned parking brake, as well as special emergency shutdown system, which can be activated remotely, based on data transmitted from distances of 30 kilometers.
The principle function in the initial stage was tested using special equipment at Stanford, and now tests are conducted with a computer-based CPU Core2Duo, which stands directly in the car and manages the process through programs Solaris, created just brokered by Sun Microsystems.
Recall that in the Pikes Peak usually involved very powerful cars, engines capable of developing a crazy time, but there are also other categories that can compete not only conventional serial cars, but motorcycles. In our case, TTS, even in the basic version is able to show good results in the fight with time. Completion of this model includes not only well-known four-wheel drive quattro, but rather a powerful two-liter turbo with 272 hp in its arsenal. With manual transmission, this model weighs 1395 kg, whereas with the DSG gearbox and all sorts of sensors, it added, 75 kg. The dynamics of acceleration to 100 km / h at the same time remained at 5 seconds.
So far, the newest project being tested, but for the first successes can already watch. It is worth noting that the invisible, controlling the car pretty well mastered the principles of rally driving with demolition of the rear axle. Who knows, maybe this team of scientists and drivers really can ride on a sophisticated road without a driver. In this case, you can go to a new level, claiming in competition cars without drivers. Above all, the machine at some point did not rebel against the people, in an attempt to protect drivers from themselves.
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