I was thinking along the same lines, it shouldn’t bee too hard to attach a saw blade Battle-Bots style, or the tried and true Ben Hur scythes on the wheels.
Would it still be a “sport” if there weren’t any “athletes” (drivers) involved? And you couldn’t compare it with Drone Racing where the skill of the controllers is involved if they would really be self-driving cars, since car controllers wouldn’t be involved either. Maybe it would be a competition between the programmers of the self-drive algorithms as to which is best? F1 has rules against building even partially “self-driving” cars in that you can collect all the telemetry you want from the car but you can’t remotely control any part of it – you have to provide the data back to the driver and either let them make their own decisions or at best offer suggestions (perhaps strongly worded!) to them. But the drive has to execute them.
Farside99 about 6 years ago
Next, they’ll be using robots for the pit stops, and timing them exactly so there can be no unfair advantage between teams.
Strob Premium Member about 6 years ago
“CEBSOIL”?? :-) I also like “4-D Man” reaching through the wall to grab the cars. What are you thinking?
Jeff0811 about 6 years ago
I was thinking along the same lines, it shouldn’t bee too hard to attach a saw blade Battle-Bots style, or the tried and true Ben Hur scythes on the wheels.
JB10000Lakes about 6 years ago
VR Drone racing. League is heading into it’s 3rd year. https://thedroneracingleague.com/
PoodleGroomer about 6 years ago
There was some code modification after the first race with all of the cars safely driving at 45 mph.
comixbomix about 6 years ago
They already have “car-less drivers”…it’s called “track & field”.
jbduncan about 6 years ago
All things being equal every race should end in a tie.
LeftCoastKen Premium Member about 6 years ago
Would it still be a “sport” if there weren’t any “athletes” (drivers) involved? And you couldn’t compare it with Drone Racing where the skill of the controllers is involved if they would really be self-driving cars, since car controllers wouldn’t be involved either. Maybe it would be a competition between the programmers of the self-drive algorithms as to which is best? F1 has rules against building even partially “self-driving” cars in that you can collect all the telemetry you want from the car but you can’t remotely control any part of it – you have to provide the data back to the driver and either let them make their own decisions or at best offer suggestions (perhaps strongly worded!) to them. But the drive has to execute them.
Sneaker about 6 years ago