Comma Three Devkit

#1

Post by roborovskis » Sat, Jul 31, 2021, 8:43 PM UTC

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#2

Post by yewenjie » Sat, Jul 31, 2021, 9:51 PM UTC

AFAIK Comma.ai is the only open-source company in the self-driving cars space. It is very interesting that they are continuously launching consumer-products with a small team and in a highly competitive space where the other players are quite big.

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#3

Post by johnkg » Sat, Jul 31, 2021, 9:52 PM UTC

Comma claimed today: $8.1M raised, $9M revenue, 5000+ comma twos sold, 3500+ active users. Pretty cool for a open source company.

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#4

Post by valgaze » Sat, Jul 31, 2021, 9:57 PM UTC

"The comma three devkit does not ship with any software. Once you have the device you will be able to install any software you choose at your own risk."

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#5

Post by geoah » Sat, Jul 31, 2021, 10:05 PM UTC

johnkg wrote: post #3

Comma claimed today: $8.1M raised, $9M revenue, 5000+ comma twos sold, 3500+ active users. Pretty cool for a open source company.

Need to watch the presentation still but I’d be more interested in how many km/miles it has collectively driven.

Re: Comma Three Devkit

#6

Post by bitwidget » Sat, Jul 31, 2021, 10:19 PM UTC

valgaze wrote: post #4

"The comma three devkit does not ship with any software. Once you have the device you will be able to install any software you choose at your own risk."

Makes sense, if they shipped with the software already preinstalled, it would mean that they open themselves up to liability and other legal issues. So they don't have it installed as it's pretty easy to download and install from their Github

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#7

Post by evanescent » Sat, Jul 31, 2021, 10:27 PM UTC

Has anyone here tried using one of these? On the surface they seem to be relatively reliable and safe. I am tempted to get try one out since their driver cam gives me confidence that I won't become complacent while using one of these self-driving systems.

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Post by bertil » Sat, Jul 31, 2021, 10:30 PM UTC

bitwidget wrote: post #6

valgaze wrote: post #4

"The comma three devkit does not ship with any software. Once you have the device you will be able to install any software you choose at your own risk."

Makes sense, if they shipped with the software already preinstalled, it would mean that they open themselves up to liability and other legal issues. So they don't have it installed as it's pretty easy to download and install from their Github

I’m generally not a fan of that kind of fig-leaf (say “we are not sharing weapons, just information” when encouraging people to print a gun-shaped bobby trap that is more likely to blow your hand than change anyone’s mind about gun control) but in this case, the veneer of technical engagement seems to filter for, or encourage people who are excited enough by self-driving that they actually pay attention and send feedback.

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#9

Post by jalino23 » Sat, Jul 31, 2021, 10:34 PM UTC

huge fan of the CEO. inspired me to use vim 7 months ago and it increased my productivity

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#10

Post by alpaca128 » Sat, Jul 31, 2021, 10:40 PM UTC

yewenjie wrote: post #2

AFAIK Comma.ai is the only open-source company in the self-driving cars space. It is very interesting that they are continuously launching consumer-products with a small team and in a highly competitive space where the other players are quite big.

They have a more focused approach that simplifies it a lot. Where others build whole self-driving cars Comma uses existing interfaces and sensors in the vehicle. That's far less complexity to worry about.