When we describe a driver assistance system as good, we usually say that "this driver assistance system is as stable and powerful as the old driver." It seems that the assisted driving system is only a more anthropomorphic driving.
But have you ever thought that in some cases, the things that the assisted driving system can easily do, the old drivers may not be able to do.
This is mainly due to the fact that Toyota announced that they have developed a set of automatic drift technology on top of the Supra Bull Demon King.
Automatic drift? That's right. Without the need for a driver to participate, the Toyota Supra can slide a perfect curve on the track on its own with the help of this technology, and the entire drift is controllable.
According to the video released by the Toyota Research Institute (TRI), the driver sits in the car without any driving, and during the entire drift, the steering wheel and sequence gearbox are all moving on their own, controlling the handbrake, counter-turning, oil separation and so on... The driver of the whole process of drift has been doing an experiencer, which is very interesting.
You know, drift even some old drivers may not master the driving skills, so why can toyota Supra be automated? In addition, drift itself as a driving participation, driving pleasure is very high skill, automatic drift purpose and what is the purpose?
In fact, the official name of automatic drift should be called "automatic driving compensation technology", or "automatic drift dodge obstacle technology".
Toyota's main purpose in developing this technology is really not to let everyone enjoy some different driving pleasures, this technology is completely for the safety of assisted driving.
A bit like the emergency obstacle avoidance function with emergency steering assist in many L2 and L2+ assisted driving equipment today, such as when the perception system detects some emergencies on public roads, such as the sudden braking of the front car or the "ghost probe" situation, the emergency obstacle avoidance function may operate the vehicle brakes and turn sharply to help the driver avoid danger.
"Auto Drift" is actually the advanced version of the "Emergency Obstacle Avoidance" function.
When faced with some extreme situations in the daily driving process, such as sudden travel obstacles in front of rain and snow roads, etc., many drivers in emergency situations may not have the general stable psychological quality and skillful driving skills of old drivers, if all this can be done with the help of a stronger auxiliary driving system to avoid risks, then it is not better.
This is the role that the "automatic drift" system will play, toyota developed this "automatic drift" system can allow the vehicle to maintain a stable posture under extreme conditions, through the system to calculate 20 times per second of the vehicle's upcoming driving trajectory, and through the algorithm, input to the driving computer, through the autonomous control of steering, clutch, gearbox and other cooperation, the final result is that the assisted driving system can better control the vehicle than the ordinary driver.
A long-distance drift tail flick is only a small meaning, and the ultimate goal is to safely avoid obstacles through controlled body sliding.
It's still interesting to imagine that when the smart cars we drive in the future have this kind of function, won't everyone have the opportunity to do Kei Tsuchiya City?
In addition, not only "automatic drift", in fact, there should be other driving technology that old drivers may not be able to do, which can be easily achieved with the help of auxiliary driving systems.
For example, the earliest BMW equipped with the trail reversing system, it can automatically reverse the vehicle along the entry trajectory of 50 meters, when you enter a narrow can not turn around and the front is not clear at the same time, even for the old driver to reverse is also a headache, but at this time the benefits of the function of following the trail reversing are reflected.
In fact, the driving skills of old drivers come more from experience and proficiency, all of which take time to develop, but the advantage of assisted driving is that the driving experience mastered by old drivers through time can be completely standardized, and finally Xiao Bai can also experience it.
Even the difficult action of drifting can now be automatically realized, and through standardization, the assisted driving system may gradually reproduce some difficult driving skills that may not be mastered by the current old drivers in the future, and eventually popularize these scenarios, such as following the trail, and even some creeping modes on the off-road.
Finally, what driving techniques can you think of that old drivers may not have been able to do, but can now be implemented with the help of assisted driving systems?