I'm thinking that with a decent dynamics engine (PyODE?) you could write a reasonably realistic simulator to test this sort of code on. Obviously it won't be as good as actually you know, driving a Jeep around by wire, but it'd be a tad cheaper and more time efficient for anyone interested in this sort of thing. There the time involved in actually writing a simulator which you can experiment on your DBW code on though. You could probably get one going within a year though I imagine. Unfortunately from what i've seen of it, the Open Dynamics Engine is less than accurate under some situations. Unfortunately I believe all the really awesome ones cost huge amounts of money. Just a thought. I don't have any actual experience with DBW stuff :P
On 4 Jun 2005, at 21:13, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Folks, > > In a previous post[*] we made an announcement about the release of the > drive-by-wire code for our entry in the DARPA Grand Challenge. We will > do more in the future (including more data and more code). With > regards > to our building the full autonomous code, things are going along well. > However, the somewhat large traffic on our web site had us thinking: > > Provided we give a good HOW-TO/API, would there be any interest from > anybody to try their code on our vehicle as long as it is in Python > and > safe to run ? > > Many people think of way to deal with the programming side of > road-following and collision avoidance at 60 mph, but very few have > the > time to build a vehicle that can make these concepts a reality. In > order to respond to this, I was thinking of a possibility where > somebody would submit a code, pay $200 and we would try it on a closed > circuit. Then the programmer would be getting all the data > attendant to > the vehicle driving itself through the course following their > programs? > > > The pros for us: > - raise some money for the vehicle > - identify potentially better algorithms -> identify people we would > like to associate ourselves with. > > The cons for us: > - this is time not dedicated to focusing on the race > - issues with proprietary code/IP > - issues with safety > - coordination with many parties > > Right now I am thinking the cons are overwhelming, what do y'all think > ? > > > Igor. > > [*] > http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_frm/ > thread/5f78e2ecb3e9139d/af28daca5e385af3#af28daca5e385af3 > > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list