Autonomous vehicles will save us all! Self-driving cars are the future! …or, so I thought until I watched the following clip. Before we get to that, a bit of background. The video below is from a recent live broadcast of Roborace, the world’s first all autonomous full-scale motor race series. It’s a pretty simple concept: teams use their own electrically powered self-driving vehicles to race around real-life racetracks. All teams use the same chassis and drivetrain, but are responsible for coming up with their own self-driving software to actually drive the car. Like all other motor races, the fastest wins.…
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