Drifting is already legal, but autonomously wandering in the name of science is much cooler. The Toyota Research Institute has partnered with Stanford University to develop safer cars for regular drivers by making its 2021 GR Supra float alone. We will explain why.
As the Toyota website states, “Engineers are conducting research on how to bring together the instincts of professional drivers and automated driving technology. Its goal is to design a new level of active safety technology and share it widely so that Toyota and other car manufacturers can deploy it on the road. “
In other words, professional drivers have spent their lives developing their reflexes. These skills often have to do with reflexes and intuition, things that a computer still struggles to replicate – especially at high speed or in challenging circumstances. Use these professional drivers to teach autonomous systems to work better in situations where they need to make instant decisions.
It also looks sick as hell.
“Every day, there are fatal vehicle accidents that result from extreme situations, where most drivers would need superhuman skills to avoid a collision, ” Gill Pratt, CEO of TRI and chief scientist at Toyota, said. “The reality is that every driver has vulnerabilities and, to avoid an accident, drivers often need to perform maneuvers that are beyond their abilities.”
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Toyota notes that most management does not require the superhuman skills mentioned above, but it is always a good idea to plan for extreme contingencies. High-speed road crashes require quick reflexes At the moment, autonomous cars know how to handle these situations, but the goal now is to avoid them completely.
You can read more about the study through the “Opening up new dimensions: planning and controlling vehicle movement using brakes during drift ”article Published by Stanford University.