Comma Two Devkit

Post by NilsIRL » Wed, Jan 08, 2020, 1:00 AM UTC

enragedcacti wrote: post #58

bransonf wrote: post #31

Can anyone here comment on actually using a Comma product? I don’t even drive a car, but I don’t see why anyone would buy something like this yet. My point being that it’s not full self driving, and frankly its safety is entirely questionable. Self driving is supposed to make driving less stressful, but does having a system like this actually do that? Or does it make you more stressed because you have to be conscious…

I find driving much less fatiguing when using my Eon (the previous iteration of this product). Taking yourself out of the feedback loop of constantly adjusting steering (and gas if in traffic) makes the experience much more relaxing even though you still have to pay full attention. In my experience, OpenPilot is really rock solid in normal highway driving scenarios and there isn't anything stressful about using it. A…

Post by StavrosK » Wed, Jan 08, 2020, 1:04 AM UTC

enragedcacti wrote: post #68

StavrosK wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wait wait wait, are you telling me I can actuate the brakes and gas and turn the steering wheel via the CAN bus? So I can realize my dream of turning my car into an RC car just with a Raspberry Pi and a $4 dongle? That is the best news of the year! Which cars have these sorts of actuators? How can I see if mine does?

Yup! https://github.com/commaai/openpilot-tools/raw/master/steer.... If your car is in this list: https://github.com/commaai/openpilot#supported-cars then it definitely works and you can use these tools to control it https://github.com/commaai/openpilot-tools If it's not in that list then the rough heuristic is whether or not your car has some sort of existing driver assist features e.g. Adaptive Cruise Control, Lane…

Post by StavrosK » Wed, Jan 08, 2020, 1:05 AM UTC

ObsoleteNerd wrote: post #67

StavrosK wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wait wait wait, are you telling me I can actuate the brakes and gas and turn the steering wheel via the CAN bus? So I can realize my dream of turning my car into an RC car just with a Raspberry Pi and a $4 dongle? That is the best news of the year! Which cars have these sorts of actuators? How can I see if mine does?

Almost any car with drive by wire and/or modern safety features (lane assist, forward crash avoidance, etc) can be controlled (to an extent) via the CANBUS. It’s different for (almost) every car, but you’d be amazed how easy and fun cars are to hack on, as long as you keep it off the streets.

Post by bransonf » Wed, Jan 08, 2020, 1:08 AM UTC

enragedcacti wrote: post #58

bransonf wrote: post #31

Can anyone here comment on actually using a Comma product? I don’t even drive a car, but I don’t see why anyone would buy something like this yet. My point being that it’s not full self driving, and frankly its safety is entirely questionable. Self driving is supposed to make driving less stressful, but does having a system like this actually do that? Or does it make you more stressed because you have to be conscious…

I find driving much less fatiguing when using my Eon (the previous iteration of this product). Taking yourself out of the feedback loop of constantly adjusting steering (and gas if in traffic) makes the experience much more relaxing even though you still have to pay full attention. In my experience, OpenPilot is really rock solid in normal highway driving scenarios and there isn't anything stressful about using it. A…

Post by Fricken » Wed, Jan 08, 2020, 1:11 AM UTC

etaioinshrdlu wrote: post #16

Comma.ai represents a strange attitude towards life in which you try to turn hard, serious problems (like self-driving), into trivial problems (write some Python and run it on Android phones and plug it into your car!) and try get away with it. It only has a chance of working if you are cool enough in SV such as geohot. I interviewed there once and it was extremely off-putting how clear their demand for fast progress…