http://qz.com/656104/a-fleet-of-trucks-just-drove-themselves-across-europe

A fleet of trucks just drove themselves across Europe

About a dozen trucks from major manufacturers like Volvo and Daimler just completed a week of largely autonomous driving across Europe, the first such major exercise on the continent.
The trucks set off from their bases in three European countries and completed their journeys in Rotterdam in the Netherlands today (Apr. 6). One set of trucks, made by the Volkswagen subsidiary Scania, traveled more than 2,000 km and crossed four borders to get there.
The trucks were taking part in the European Truck Platooning Challenge, organized by the Dutch government as one of the big events for its 2016 presidency of the European Union. While self-driving cars from Google or Ford get most of the credit for capturing the public imagination, commercial uses for autonomous or nearly autonomous vehicles, like tractors from John Deere, have been quietly putting the concept to work in a business setting.

someone should outfit a steam tractor

to be a driverless steam tractor!

driverless farm machinery is taking off

the evolution of machinery

driverless trains next

CrazyNeutrino said:

someone should outfit a steam tractor

to be a driverless steam tractor!

driverless farm machinery is taking off

Steam tractors had a record for taking off more than others.

CrazyNeutrino said:

the evolution of machinery

driverless trains next

hang on, do you know anything about mechanics?

roughbarked said:

CrazyNeutrino said:

the evolution of machinery

driverless trains next

hang on, do you know anything about mechanics?

???

There are plenty of driverless trains in the world.

Most of the trains in Singapore are driverless.

dv said:

roughbarked said:

CrazyNeutrino said:

the evolution of machinery

driverless trains next

hang on, do you know anything about mechanics?

???

There are plenty of driverless trains in the world.

Most of the trains in Singapore are driverless.

So, what drives them?

roughbarked said:

dv said:

roughbarked said:

hang on, do you know anything about mechanics?

???

There are plenty of driverless trains in the world.

Most of the trains in Singapore are driverless.

So, what drives them?

Computers

roughbarked said:

dv said:

roughbarked said:

hang on, do you know anything about mechanics?

???

There are plenty of driverless trains in the world.

Most of the trains in Singapore are driverless.

So, what drives them?

They all have drive trains.. clocks do and if locomotive wheels could do what the balance wheel in a watch does…

dv said:

roughbarked said:

dv said:

???

There are plenty of driverless trains in the world.

Most of the trains in Singapore are driverless.

So, what drives them?

Computers

I see your point but you have completely missed mine.

roughbarked said:

dv said:

roughbarked said:

So, what drives them?

Computers

I see your point but you have completely missed mine.

No I saw your point but I thought I’d play it with a straight bat.

dv said:

roughbarked said:

dv said:

Computers

I see your point but you have completely missed mine.

No I saw your point but I thought I’d play it with a straight bat.

As a watchmaker, personally see the battery or the power supply, driving the computer that only regulates the power that comes from the driving wheel after the power supply. the computer only replaces the escapement of an actual timepiece.

roughbarked said:

dv said:

roughbarked said:

I see your point but you have completely missed mine.

No I saw your point but I thought I’d play it with a straight bat.

As a watchmaker, personally see the battery or the power supply, driving the computer that only regulates the power that comes from the driving wheel after the power supply. the computer only replaces the escapement of an actual timepiece.

ie: it is not the driver.

roughbarked said:

roughbarked said:

dv said:

No I saw your point but I thought I’d play it with a straight bat.

As a watchmaker, personally see the battery or the power supply, driving the computer that only regulates the power that comes from the driving wheel after the power supply. the computer only replaces the escapement of an actual timepiece.

ie: it is not the driver.

A driver may steer a car But a computer may only be imagined to be doing this because it can self regulate.

in the sense of the word though car drivers often fuck this up more than computers could. A driver is an extension to a computer.

how to kill a forum. Have roughbarked drop in.

Id like to see all driver less vehicles do the kangaroo on road test

CrazyNeutrino said:

Id like to see all driver less vehicles do the kangaroo on road test

Be flat out doing worse than humans at that one

Could a driverless truck perform better than a human driving a truck, over a tree over the road?

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/dashcam-footage-truck-jackknifes-after-hitting-fallen-tree-at-carlisle-river-in-victoria/news-story/bbfac375bda3270b0c9727db06862977

CrazyNeutrino said:

Id like to see all driver less vehicles do the kangaroo on road test

I’ve been in the passenger seat often.

CrazyNeutrino said:

Could a driverless truck perform better than a human driving a truck, over a tree over the road?

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/dashcam-footage-truck-jackknifes-after-hitting-fallen-tree-at-carlisle-river-in-victoria/news-story/bbfac375bda3270b0c9727db06862977

or did the jackknifing help the truck, get over the tree?

roughbarked said:

CrazyNeutrino said:

Id like to see all driver less vehicles do the kangaroo on road test

I’ve been in the passenger seat often.

If no one gets this, When in the drivers seat I hit less kangaroos than when in the passengers seat.

CrazyNeutrino said:

CrazyNeutrino said:

Could a driverless truck perform better than a human driving a truck, over a tree over the road?

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/dashcam-footage-truck-jackknifes-after-hitting-fallen-tree-at-carlisle-river-in-victoria/news-story/bbfac375bda3270b0c9727db06862977

or did the jackknifing help the truck, get over the tree?

This,

CrazyNeutrino said:

Could a driverless truck perform better than a human driving a truck, over a tree over the road?

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/dashcam-footage-truck-jackknifes-after-hitting-fallen-tree-at-carlisle-river-in-victoria/news-story/bbfac375bda3270b0c9727db06862977

In the future sure why not .
A Google Earth or similar can warn of such hazards , so I guess the argument becomes with enough warning who can react better ?

Brett

Thomo said:

CrazyNeutrino said:

Could a driverless truck perform better than a human driving a truck, over a tree over the road?

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/dashcam-footage-truck-jackknifes-after-hitting-fallen-tree-at-carlisle-river-in-victoria/news-story/bbfac375bda3270b0c9727db06862977

In the future sure why not .
A Google Earth or similar can warn of such hazards , so I guess the argument becomes with enough warning who can react better ?

Brett

Once the event has begun, there is no going back.

the truck was jack knifing before it got to the fallen tree.

JudgeMental said:

the truck was jack knifing before it got to the fallen tree.

exactly.

If driverless vehicles can already compete with your average human driver and they are only in their infancy, imagine a few generations down the track they’d be almost as good as your SSSF driver.

imagine a few generations down the track they’d be almost as good as your SSSF driver.

pffft not until they can drive and tell jokes at the same time like i can. and may i say those auto locking doors are a great idea.

Can a computer sexually harrass hitchhikers?

I suppose the driverless truck drivers have another name because they’ll have no truck with them.

Also the software you’ll need to download to drive the trucks wouldn’t be called a driver.
They’ll probably call it driverless truck software.

Keep going.

I wonder if it would have a steering committee to decide priorities

Peak Warming Man said:

Also the software you’ll need to download to drive the trucks wouldn’t be called a driver.
They’ll probably call it driverless truck software.

I hope Boris is taking notes.

i’m ignoring the asinine comments. that kind of humour is below me.

Divine Angel said:

I hope Boris is taking notes.

Good call, DA. Boris thinks he’s a wit. I think he’s half right.

I hate you all.

Statement of needs or requirements, terms of reference, scoping study, evaluation, pathway to implementation, steering committee, funding approval, appointment of project managers, project started.

Witty Rejoinder said:

I hate you all.

Très drôle

have you told you joke-of-the-day yet sibeen?

i’ll laugh now cos i have to go out and may miss it.

hahahahaha.

r

JudgeMental said:

have you told you joke-of-the-day yet sibeen?

i’ll laugh now cos i have to go out and may miss it.

hahahahaha.

Not laughing. Heard it before.

JudgeMental said:

r

r?

yes, r. someone pirated my r from your in the post i made before i made that one with just an r in it.

JudgeMental said:

yes, r. someone pirated my r from your in the post i made before i made that one with just an r in it.

Oh,thank you for your r. I will treasure it.

You fallen on your r’s again, Boris?