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Toyota Research Institute (TRI) is developing an AI autonomous driving system that drifts in FR-driven vehicles like a professional driver. The reason is not to participate in the D1 Grand Prix with this robot car, but of course, when the car suddenly enters spin motion, the automatic driving system can quickly regain control of the car. To make it possible.
Tesla saw many drivers at the intersection not stopping completely at the stop sign and instructed the FSD beta software to imitate it. It is an example of misunderstanding what safety is because of the idea of making an autonomous driving system drive like a human being.
On the other hand, Toyota has the same idea of an autonomous driving system that drives like a human driver, but Toyota teaches the advanced technique of drift driving to the autonomous driving system to ensure safety.
Speaking of drift driving, people who are influenced by a certain manga / animation love it, and it is a driving method that intentionally slides a car and turns a curve. However, as you can see from how to run in a car rally competition, if the driver has the ability, he can easily clear the place even if he enters a sharp curve at a high speed, and it is a technique that can also be used for crisis avoidance.
The video released shows how the modified Toyota Supra is used to automatically drift around pylon and other obstacles on the test course. The driver’s seat is not unmanned, but a real driver is on board. However, this is just for emergencies, and even during drifting, the driver does not hold the steering wheel while drifting.
TRI started this project about a year ago in collaboration with Stanford University’s Dynamic Design Lab.
“When faced with wet or slippery roads for some reason, professional drivers may have the option of drifting, but many of us aren’t professional drivers,” the researchers said. “That’s why TRI is closed. We are programming a vehicle that identifies obstacles on a good test course and automatically avoids them by drifting. “
It is expected that this technology will enable autonomous driving systems to control vehicles by drifting and avoid collisions, for example, when a vehicle begins to skid on a snowy road or on a frozen road surface of a bridge. ..
The TRI Supra is equipped with computer-controlled steering, accelerator, clutch, transmission, wheel-specific brakes, etc., which the system automatically creates and controls a drift condition. It also uses suspensions, engines, transmissions, and safety devices that are close to Formula Drift specifications to help collect data.
Of course, there are various conditions that differ between deliberately creating and controlling a drifting state on a safe test course and rebuilding a car that slides on a public road that is narrow and you do not know what is around, for example, Toyota’s next generation. That’s not the case when it comes to self-driving and drifting cars. However, Toyota plans to continue researching autonomous driving technology that “amplifies human capabilities on the road” in extreme conditions that exceed the limits of vehicle capabilities.
By the way, Toyota TRI will be in 2016“At the moment when an accident is about to occur while driving, take the steering from the driver and take evasive action.” Guardian Angel, an automatic driving functionAnnounced the development of. The automatic drift function this time seems to be a technology developed by inheriting that DNA.
Source：Toyota