The Self-Driving Race Car

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  • I got an email asking if I wanted to be driven around the most famous racetrack in Britain by an autonomous racing car. I wasn't going to refuse that offer.
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    Edited by Michelle Martin (@mrsmmartin)
    Camera by Grant Stevens www.moonshineproductions.co.uk/
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  • @TomScottGo
    @TomScottGo  Pƙed 4 lety +8091

    Just to be clear: this isn't sponsored, and Roborace had no control over the video. I'd declare it clearly if anything like that ever happened!

  • @fabianweber6937
    @fabianweber6937 Pƙed 4 lety +8103

    Tom: *starts driving*
    Narrator: _"we had a few crashes this year..."_

    • @ZardoDhieldor
      @ZardoDhieldor Pƙed 4 lety +495

      "which then meant the car.... hit the wall!"
      Doesn't that inspire confidence?

    • @CowInAKeyhole
      @CowInAKeyhole Pƙed 4 lety +352

      @@ZardoDhieldor It's cool that they talk about the difficulties they've had, though. It's a bit suspicious when a startup pretends everything went smoothly.

    • @MarkiusFox
      @MarkiusFox Pƙed 4 lety +65

      @@CowInAKeyhole *cough cough* Tesla *cough*

    • @InShortSight
      @InShortSight Pƙed 4 lety +111

      With no humans in the car the morality of hoping for a highspeed crash is alot cleaner. Might be a factor that drives their viewership ^_^

    • @ZardoDhieldor
      @ZardoDhieldor Pƙed 4 lety +16

      @@CowInAKeyhole Rationally speaking, I agree. But alas, brains are wired differently.

  • @owenmalanaphy3228
    @owenmalanaphy3228 Pƙed 4 lety +3966

    "Accurate up to 2 cm"
    *Monaco has joined the chat*

  • @TheStoffl96
    @TheStoffl96 Pƙed 4 lety +5006

    Finally a sport in real life where you can literally reduce the difficulty on the AI.

    • @rachelslur8729
      @rachelslur8729 Pƙed 4 lety +158

      You can also get your human opponents drunk, to reduce difficulty.

    • @immortalsun
      @immortalsun Pƙed 4 lety +14

      @@rachelslur8729 AI can be drunk?

    • @AMAMazingYT
      @AMAMazingYT Pƙed 4 lety +7

      The Immortal Sun-kun Human opponents

    • @adampearce6513
      @adampearce6513 Pƙed 4 lety +5

      The Immortal Sun-kun “human opponents”

    • @1968harsh
      @1968harsh Pƙed 4 lety +11

      Rachel Slur or increase in Kimi’s case .

  • @dielegende9141
    @dielegende9141 Pƙed 4 lety +3104

    Car: *misses apex by 10 meters*
    Tom: "Oh that's a perfect racing line"

    • @pawelkusmierek109
      @pawelkusmierek109 Pƙed 4 lety +226

      Hm, would you only hit that apex if you went for the full GP circuit? Turning hard right for National circuit requires a different line, I suppose.

    • @timothyhosken5677
      @timothyhosken5677 Pƙed 4 lety +34

      PaweƂ Kuƛmierek it wasn’t the full circuit

    • @LR-wc3rq
      @LR-wc3rq Pƙed 4 lety +119

      you don't have to kiss the apex to have a good racing line?

    • @LetsGoGetThem
      @LetsGoGetThem Pƙed 4 lety +265

      @@LR-wc3rq But you do for a perfect racing line

    • @jackhulatt4811
      @jackhulatt4811 Pƙed 4 lety +134

      @@LetsGoGetThem depends on the corner

  • @Kuchenblech_Mafioso
    @Kuchenblech_Mafioso Pƙed 4 lety +4215

    I'm kinda disappointed that Tom doesn't have a red race suit

    • @albr4
      @albr4 Pƙed 4 lety +71

      renault to ferrari

    • @wanderingrandomer
      @wanderingrandomer Pƙed 4 lety +49

      It's probably a bit brown

    • @abdlhmdx
      @abdlhmdx Pƙed 4 lety +7

      Extra horsepower

    • @sirBrouwer
      @sirBrouwer Pƙed 4 lety +73

      red would be just to fast. everybody knows picking red will make you go faster. even more if you add flames to it.

    • @still_guns
      @still_guns Pƙed 4 lety +4

      Brawn?

  • @jirm18
    @jirm18 Pƙed 4 lety +1989

    “Happy is a relative term” - Terrified Wet Meat, 2k19

    • @MobiusKun
      @MobiusKun Pƙed 4 lety +8

      JIRM u should’ve used something else starting with o except for wet then it would’ve been a expansion for TOM

    • @nikolaangelovski2252
      @nikolaangelovski2252 Pƙed 2 lety +1

      Poor choice od words

    • @XentinelSB
      @XentinelSB Pƙed 2 lety +4

      4:44

  • @oatmeal6728
    @oatmeal6728 Pƙed 4 lety +1543

    This is just a Tool-Assisted-Speedrun irl.

    • @renakunisaki
      @renakunisaki Pƙed 4 lety +75

      That would be if it's following a preset path. This is more like an aimbot IRL.

    • @clockworkkirlia7475
      @clockworkkirlia7475 Pƙed 4 lety +27

      I now really want TASbot shenanigans on a racetrack. Pogo-sticking across the tyres with this really obscure physics glitch.

    • @wolfx.2546
      @wolfx.2546 Pƙed 4 lety

      Yup

    • @FelixAn
      @FelixAn Pƙed 3 lety +4

      This is like the Baritone Minecraft mod in real life!

    • @Trex3n20
      @Trex3n20 Pƙed 2 lety +6

      Can’t wait for it to do a Überbug to Noseboost to Rammstein bug to Bug Finish

  • @12tone
    @12tone Pƙed 4 lety +600

    I feel like Robot Wars is an indication that shifting attention off the actual risk can work, although that show still features plenty of destruction. Maybe that's what this needs, is being willing to let programmers push the driving to the point where the cars can potentially crash.

    • @tiagobelo4965
      @tiagobelo4965 Pƙed 3 lety +17

      Too expensive

    • @WaxedWolf
      @WaxedWolf Pƙed 3 lety +30

      We need twisted metal, with Robot Cars. That I would watch, mount flame throwers and saw blades to the cars.

    • @TypicallyThomas
      @TypicallyThomas Pƙed 3 lety +16

      The point of the sport is to develop safety technology. If it fails, we'll see crashes. If they're successful that won't happen

    • @muselikesminecraft
      @muselikesminecraft Pƙed 3 lety +17

      Damn imagine how fun that would be. Robot racing where the cars are free to crash with no worry about safety. That could be really exciting to watch

    • @supr3m3panda
      @supr3m3panda Pƙed 3 lety +5

      Got it, weld huge buzz saws or other weapons to the cars and have a death race.

  • @geryon
    @geryon Pƙed 4 lety +2136

    Oh it's devbot, I heard deathbot and got a bit worried.

  • @Jivolt
    @Jivolt Pƙed 4 lety +2694

    “I can’t wait to see Tom go 200 miles per hour!” - me
    “We are not going over 60 miles per hour.” - Tom
    “Damn it.” - me

    • @AximVidya
      @AximVidya Pƙed 4 lety +108

      Yea that kinda made the entire thing pointless. You can hear how it doesn't even have to slow down for most corners, lame af.

    • @AximVidya
      @AximVidya Pƙed 4 lety +51

      @felipe pacheco If the car is going straight and the engine noise is at a constant pitch, Tom is experiencing 0 net forces. And that made up about 90% of the ride. All I'm saying.

    • @Arizona9001
      @Arizona9001 Pƙed 4 lety +14

      John Marshall please let this comment format die.

    • @Jivolt
      @Jivolt Pƙed 4 lety +2

      Arizona What comment format?

    • @therealone8725
      @therealone8725 Pƙed 4 lety +15

      John Marshall “please let this comment format die” - Arizona
      “What comment format” - John marshal
      “omfg it’s right in front of you” - me

  • @kamelfakih8340
    @kamelfakih8340 Pƙed 4 lety +799

    Tom : "I've never been on a track before ... I'm a worse driver than the computer"
    Also Tom : " oh ! That is a perfect racing line "

    • @woutervanr
      @woutervanr Pƙed 4 lety +65

      I've never been on a track before either, but I know that there is such a thing as a racing line. You can watch F1 and know about it. Also, there are really accurate racing games these days.

    • @technikchaot
      @technikchaot Pƙed 4 lety +15

      Kamel Fakih you can (given the proper knowledge to the physiks and math behind that) work theoretically the perfect racing line out, but if your hands, feet and brain in a real car would be able to do this perfect is something different.

    • @simracingnoob2248
      @simracingnoob2248 Pƙed 4 lety +3

      I wouldn’t say it was perfect but it was alright

    • @richardhobbs7360
      @richardhobbs7360 Pƙed 3 lety +1

      Technikchaot it’s nigh impossible, the best way to see the racing line is to have a photo in front of you that’s shows the corner before and after

    • @glowtail3744
      @glowtail3744 Pƙed 2 lety +13

      The car is actually doing a rain condition line as the apex in the rain most of the time will just send you to the shadow realm no questions asked

  • @theluchakabuto5206
    @theluchakabuto5206 Pƙed 4 lety +4349

    *It has the Tiktok logo on the side I wouldn’t trust such a thing with my life*

    • @hammer_ttk
      @hammer_ttk Pƙed 4 lety +134

      aNyOne wAnT a muFfiN? HeY, iT's mUffiN tIme!

    • @milan8204
      @milan8204 Pƙed 4 lety +21

      Same

    • @vector3998
      @vector3998 Pƙed 4 lety +10

      Bad Comp they need to make a better TTV emotes but for youtube, that would be sick

    • @destroythehuman3380
      @destroythehuman3380 Pƙed 4 lety +92

      It’s just TikTok money. They hopefully have zero input in anything actually relevant to the car.

    • @vector3998
      @vector3998 Pƙed 4 lety +9

      Destroy TheHuman well.. it does have to say tiktok on the side

  • @BlameDavid
    @BlameDavid Pƙed 4 lety +1429

    "Terrified wet meat"
    I've never heard someone describe themselves like that

    • @neolexiousneolexian6079
      @neolexiousneolexian6079 Pƙed 4 lety +20

      Accurate tho

    • @bloodvue
      @bloodvue Pƙed 4 lety +33

      Seat was dry before it started

    • @brandonmartin-moore5302
      @brandonmartin-moore5302 Pƙed 4 lety +11

      I'm sure a few porno actresses would use that description.

    • @aenorist2431
      @aenorist2431 Pƙed 4 lety +2

      Its a reference you people.
      Made from *meat* not ring a bell?
      Look it up, gain some glorious culture.

    • @Gillsing
      @Gillsing Pƙed 4 lety +2

      Strictly speaking though, I thought "meat" was for dead stuff that is called "flesh" when it's alive? Or is it meat for animals and flesh for humans?

  • @ProfLakitax
    @ProfLakitax Pƙed 4 lety +217

    Tom: "we can't go faster then 100 kmph"
    Germans: "You gotta pump those numbers up those are rookie numbers"

    • @Blueturtle1
      @Blueturtle1 Pƙed 3 lety +6

      It can, it’s just Tom hasn’t had enough g force training to deal with going from 300-100 in a few seconds, so the limited it

    • @PeterFabian
      @PeterFabian Pƙed 3 lety +21

      @@Blueturtle1 He's flown with the Red Arrows. He'd be fine. Must be a liability thing.

    • @Superphilipp
      @Superphilipp Pƙed 2 lety

      Why the Germans?

    • @normanberlin7348
      @normanberlin7348 Pƙed 2 lety +5

      @@Superphilipp because we germans have the autobahn where a good amount has no speed limit , so normal citizens can drive as fast as they want to ;)
      my personal record is 253 kph which is about 157 mph

    • @richardsbrandon5027
      @richardsbrandon5027 Pƙed rokem +2

      @@normanberlin7348 That don't mean it's smart!

  • @samebersman3100
    @samebersman3100 Pƙed 4 lety +193

    *I paid for the whole speedometer, I'm gonna use the whole speedometer*

  • @MMR_LM
    @MMR_LM Pƙed 4 lety +891

    *Vehicle is limited to 62*
    "DevBot, it's James"

    • @Ofitus21
      @Ofitus21 Pƙed 4 lety +146

      "Devbot, we need you to do a 48.8, to save the tyres"

    • @jesuisfudgeman874
      @jesuisfudgeman874 Pƙed 4 lety +105

      DevBot, slow the pack down, we need DevHam to get out in front so that DevVet loses position.

    • @TheSpacecraftX
      @TheSpacecraftX Pƙed 4 lety +45

      "You need to let Robocar by next lap."

    • @dd-nz8ry
      @dd-nz8ry Pƙed 4 lety +42

      je suis fudgeman DevMas, DevAlo is faster than you, can you confirm you understand the message?
      DevMas: DevMas.exe has stopped working. Windows is checking for a solution to the problem.

    • @yoshidasaki17703
      @yoshidasaki17703 Pƙed 4 lety +5

      Clarkson be like: pathetic

  • @panda4247
    @panda4247 Pƙed 4 lety +1309

    "We use militairy-grade GPS." reminds me of "oh no, I'm a missile"
    Anyway, it must be awesome to be Tom getting e-mails "do you want to try this cool thing?"

    • @mertertug9323
      @mertertug9323 Pƙed 4 lety +13

      Sorry i cant i am a missile, neuralink installed tom said

    • @nolongerusing7430
      @nolongerusing7430 Pƙed 4 lety +60

      Did someone say missile?
      The missile knows where it is at all times. It knows this because it knows where it isn't. By subtracting where it is from where it isn't, or where it isnt from where it is, whichever is greater, it obtains.....
      [Insert rest of copypasta here]

    • @godarklight
      @godarklight Pƙed 4 lety +15

      @SubHek To me is kinda sounds like Real Time Kinematics (RTK) if they have 2cm accuracy. It's gotta be double differenced somewhere to get that level.

    • @YourMJK
      @YourMJK Pƙed 4 lety +18

      SubHek No, it does make a difference in this case!
      The comercially available GPS chips are deliberately designed to be more inaccurate than they could be. But IIRC there is some "hack" to modify them to use the military grade accuracy.

    • @HerbaMachina
      @HerbaMachina Pƙed 4 lety +19

      @@YourMJK
      Yes not to mention commercial GPS units will shut off above a given speed and altitude.

  • @unvergebeneid
    @unvergebeneid Pƙed 4 lety +164

    I would've loved to have seen the thing really let loose, without the terrified wet meat inside.

  • @Kaen960
    @Kaen960 Pƙed 4 lety +37

    This is kinda weird to see. I’ve watched countless formula 1, gt3, and many other series race around this track and, obviously, this looks painfully slow, but Tim’s reaction tell such a different story. It really is a testament to the skill, speed, and physical prowess of race drivers. The sheer acceleration and g forces experienced in Motorsport is just mind boggling.

  • @dat_fast_boi
    @dat_fast_boi Pƙed 4 lety +1143

    me: *reads title*
    so it's an auto automobile?

    • @sirBrouwer
      @sirBrouwer Pƙed 4 lety +44

      it's a autonomous (driven) autonomous (powered) mobile platform

    • @climberjb
      @climberjb Pƙed 4 lety +50

      Or as CGP Grey would put it, an Auto

    • @TooNDeMentIa
      @TooNDeMentIa Pƙed 4 lety +81

      AutoÂČmobile

    • @telephonedude
      @telephonedude Pƙed 4 lety +3

      @@climberjb Which is also what they're called in Dutch! Just autos.

    • @badmanjones179
      @badmanjones179 Pƙed 4 lety +9

      autonomobiIe

  • @MartinPurvis
    @MartinPurvis Pƙed 4 lety +756

    3:50
    crew: "if you're happy we'll get ready for launch"
    tom: "HAPPY IS A RELATIVE TERM BUT YES I'M READY TO GO!"
    crew: sigh "copy that"
    hahahahha

  • @lailaj4011
    @lailaj4011 Pƙed 4 lety +97

    Found your channel because CZcams keeps recommending a video you made 10 years ago about fingerprints and a pineapple... eventually got curious and looked at your channel and now I’m just binge watching everything 😂

  • @npip99
    @npip99 Pƙed 4 lety +56

    "which then, meant, the car hit the wall."
    "Okay, so I'm going to take my hands off the wheel"

  • @thegamecracks1317
    @thegamecracks1317 Pƙed 4 lety +542

    "Ready is a relative term" - Michael Reeves
    "Happy is a relative term" - Tom Scott

    • @badmanjones179
      @badmanjones179 Pƙed 4 lety +28

      ReIative is a famiIiaI term

    • @vanillasquirrel3148
      @vanillasquirrel3148 Pƙed 4 lety +18

      a = b
      c = b
      Therefore a = c (transitive)
      a = ready
      b = relative term
      c = happy
      Therefore ready = happy

    • @YTRingoster
      @YTRingoster Pƙed 4 lety +5

      Relative is a relative term

    • @badmanjones179
      @badmanjones179 Pƙed 4 lety +1

      @@vanillasquirrel3148 bit of a non sequitur between steps 3 and 4, dont u think?

    • @vanillasquirrel3148
      @vanillasquirrel3148 Pƙed 4 lety +1

      @@badmanjones179 I shall edit

  • @TheElaborinth8993
    @TheElaborinth8993 Pƙed 4 lety +231

    This is why we need The Park Bench. I need to know the story behind "Sure, I want to ride around Silverstone in a fully atonomus race vehicle."

    • @HanabiraKage
      @HanabiraKage Pƙed 4 lety +23

      Seconded. They can just have the bench as a special programme thing that only happens when Tom's gone and done a thing, and would like to talk about that thing.

    • @aaronpearlmutter4877
      @aaronpearlmutter4877 Pƙed 4 lety +1

      Only as long as they still enjoy doing it though

  • @jamielonsdale3018
    @jamielonsdale3018 Pƙed 3 lety +13

    I've made it 0:04 into the video, and already I feel the urge to comment.
    Tom, you look absolutely _incredible_ in that racing suit.

    • @Pimkly
      @Pimkly Pƙed 3 lety

      I thought exactly the same!!

    • @Diniles
      @Diniles Pƙed 2 lety

      Agreed

  • @jimfilms6688
    @jimfilms6688 Pƙed 4 lety +10

    “I felt a bit underwhelmed because there was no risk”

  • @masamotox952
    @masamotox952 Pƙed 4 lety +381

    Tom Scott is a self driving human being

  • @grandCurator
    @grandCurator Pƙed 4 lety +377

    The car knows exactly where it is by knowing exactly where it is not.

    • @RingoYote
      @RingoYote Pƙed 4 lety +40

      The car figires out where it isnt..by knowing where it is.

    • @HB-ps6rn
      @HB-ps6rn Pƙed 4 lety +64

      by subtracting where it is from where it isn't or where it isn't from where it is, whichever is greater

    • @Gun_Thumb
      @Gun_Thumb Pƙed 4 lety +15

      *Flashbacks intensify*

    • @enricobianchi4499
      @enricobianchi4499 Pƙed 4 lety +19

      The missile knows where it is at all times

    • @holdmybeer
      @holdmybeer Pƙed 4 lety +2

      it needs a flux capacitor.

  • @beltplace6963
    @beltplace6963 Pƙed 3 lety +9

    Honestly, in the Tom Scott extended universe, this is probably my favorite intro to a video

  • @enzo4872
    @enzo4872 Pƙed 3 lety +7

    0:16 That is an unfortunate last name

  • @giangtran3217
    @giangtran3217 Pƙed 4 lety +360

    “... designed to take a human passenger.” *Tom gestures at himself*
    How are we supposed to believe you are a human? Didn’t quite see you tick an “I’m not a robot” box there!

  • @Newspaperman57
    @Newspaperman57 Pƙed 4 lety +180

    "Returning to base" - /Floors it and lets out maniac laughter/

    • @EmmanQuinones5234
      @EmmanQuinones5234 Pƙed 4 lety +10

      Tom was actually planning on stealing car and have it for himself.
      It's true. I was the driving wheel.

    • @youkofoxy
      @youkofoxy Pƙed 4 lety +6

      Funny I thought the computer was gonna do a hard launch, but it was the human who has done one.
      Also, I wanna see how the computer drivers when it doesn't have to worry about a fragile being inside.

    • @Roborace
      @Roborace Pƙed 4 lety +1

      @@youkofoxy You can check out our channel for more!

  • @mateusz92380
    @mateusz92380 Pƙed rokem +4

    The car knows where it is at all times. It knows this because it knows where it isn't.

  • @Quasihamster
    @Quasihamster Pƙed 4 lety +18

    Plot Twist: Tom Scott is the Stig's CZcamsr Cousin.

  • @infrabread
    @infrabread Pƙed 4 lety +159

    "70 kilos of terrified, wet meat" is probably going to be my new Twitter bio.

  • @DanielVSL
    @DanielVSL Pƙed 4 lety +550

    When they eventually add weapons to the cars, robo-racing will outperform any other motorsport in viewership instantly.

  • @Zimmon375
    @Zimmon375 Pƙed 2 lety +4

    "Happy is a relative term"
    is a very familiar quote that i heard before from Michael Reeves in the video where they test motion sickness with a screen that simulates lag in a car.

  • @johnxina2140
    @johnxina2140 Pƙed 3 lety +8

    Ah yes, autonomous racing, a sport for the people who think golfing is "just too thrilling"

  • @1BYEBYE1
    @1BYEBYE1 Pƙed 4 lety +196

    I've never seen someone so scared to go the pit lane speed limit on a track.

  • @John514s
    @John514s Pƙed 4 lety +468

    100kph looks so slow on such a circuit, especially compared to what you see in F1.
    Not saying it is or feels slow when you're there, I'm sure it was terrifying xD

    • @GraveUypo
      @GraveUypo Pƙed 4 lety +19

      @@ragnkja we can certainly see it though. go at 300 kph and then 100 and tell me it's the same thing.

    • @pluto8404
      @pluto8404 Pƙed 4 lety +30

      @Just Being Socially Awkward yes you can. Maybe if you cover their eyes too, and ears.

    • @pluto8404
      @pluto8404 Pƙed 4 lety +8

      @Just Being Socially Awkward rocks on the ground, those rumble strips on the side of race tracks.

    • @AE86ofMtAkina
      @AE86ofMtAkina Pƙed 4 lety +19

      62mph is still slow on a freeway.

    • @pluto8404
      @pluto8404 Pƙed 4 lety +12

      @Just Being Socially Awkward yes, also sound of the air. 100-300km is a big difference.
      100-110, probably not.

  • @St0ner1995
    @St0ner1995 Pƙed 4 lety +8

    3:08 "We had a hardware fai-" * video loads *
    you dont say

  • @legofreak5769
    @legofreak5769 Pƙed 4 lety +7

    I'm watching this feeling a bit underwhelmed as my tesla drove me to flagstaff and back going like 85mph.

  • @deflatedfruit4716
    @deflatedfruit4716 Pƙed 4 lety +212

    Thank you for the unit conversions!

    • @dantio3195
      @dantio3195 Pƙed 4 lety +2

      It should have been the other way around, say things in metric pleeeease hahaa

    • @comeberza
      @comeberza Pƙed 4 lety +14

      It was fantastic, I can never convert kph from Tea spoons per big ben squared

    • @bennylofgren3208
      @bennylofgren3208 Pƙed 4 lety +3

      comeberza That’s because “kph” makes no sense whatsoever. It doesn’t contain an actual unit, apart from h[our]! The correct way to write is km/h. You need that little “meter” length unit in there.

    • @franchufranchu119
      @franchufranchu119 Pƙed 4 lety +6

      @@bennylofgren3208 "kph" is a shortening of "kilometers per hour" which is the pronunciation of "km/h"

    • @TheEgg185
      @TheEgg185 Pƙed 4 lety +1

      Thank you for using MPH as the primary unit.

  • @BlakieTT
    @BlakieTT Pƙed 4 lety +447

    *"OH THAT IS A PERFECT RACING LINE!"*
    Tom:
    Also, that thing sounds like a fookin SPACE SHIP, MATE! XD

    • @sighko
      @sighko Pƙed 4 lety +16

      If you like that sound, I'd suggest go watching a Formula E race. They're even more insane. All of this past season's races are on CZcams if I'm not mistaken.

    • @BlakieTT
      @BlakieTT Pƙed 4 lety +2

      @@sighko Ty

    • @enderium3253
      @enderium3253 Pƙed 4 lety +3

      It really sounds like a passing tie fighter!

    • @toodsf1
      @toodsf1 Pƙed 4 lety +29

      “Perfect racing line”
      Car: *misses apex by 2 metres*

    • @addityasinghal897
      @addityasinghal897 Pƙed 4 lety +1

      fookin daveo to the rescue

  • @endgamerplays
    @endgamerplays Pƙed 2 lety +3

    It’s sad that Roborace got discontinued. It was such a unique idea.

  • @_kijetesantakalu
    @_kijetesantakalu Pƙed 4 lety +4

    It's kind of funny seeing Tom in the driver's seat of what looks like an LMP1 car taking a racing line around Silverstone.

  • @Kapin05
    @Kapin05 Pƙed 4 lety +465

    Person A: "Are you x?"
    Person B, in a technologically enhanced car: "X IS A RELATIVE TERM"
    This is kind of a recurring theme in your videos, isn't it?

    • @ketrub
      @ketrub Pƙed 4 lety +7

      its always funny though

    • @kanyeste
      @kanyeste Pƙed 4 lety +5

      RIP Formula 1. New 2022 world champion is Roe Bott.

  • @parkourHG
    @parkourHG Pƙed 4 lety +175

    The fact that the car is sponsored by TikTok makes me question whether the car is safe

    • @boz927
      @boz927 Pƙed 3 lety +14

      parkourHG this aged well

    • @nachiketnalamati564
      @nachiketnalamati564 Pƙed 3 lety +9

      Does the car itself get banned by the USA too?

    • @yoshi9358
      @yoshi9358 Pƙed 3 lety +22

      Eh dont go hard on these blokes for taking that sponsorship , they needed that money.

    • @magica3526
      @magica3526 Pƙed 3 lety +1

      tik tok bad

    • @parkourHG
      @parkourHG Pƙed 3 lety +1

      Thalia Storer tik tok bad

  • @michaeldaigle7207
    @michaeldaigle7207 Pƙed 2 lety +1

    You know you've made it when random companies are contacting you to try out their futuristic race car. Absolutely amazing, I can't say it enough that you're living out dreams Tom, you're truly living life to it's fullest.

  • @Bumble21
    @Bumble21 Pƙed 2 lety +3

    How to make the sport entertaining: create lore around the AIs and give them personality, that's why marble racing is fun

  • @Kw1q51lv3r
    @Kw1q51lv3r Pƙed 4 lety +57

    wait till fans start anthropomorphising the robocars.
    YOU KNOW THEY WILL

    • @McChes
      @McChes Pƙed 4 lety +5

      Lightning McQueen is a real person, you know.

    • @6yjjk
      @6yjjk Pƙed 4 lety +13

      Don't anthropomorphise the robocars. They hate that.

    • @bodyofhope
      @bodyofhope Pƙed 4 lety +2

      @@6yjjk đŸ€Ł

    • @altus3278
      @altus3278 Pƙed 4 lety +1

      After vocaloids we will have this...

  • @danielmaylett1710
    @danielmaylett1710 Pƙed 4 lety +206

    Racing code.exe

    • @atottalynormalcat939
      @atottalynormalcat939 Pƙed 4 lety +11

      i think ,,don't crash" should be higher than ,,follow line" đŸ€”

    • @panda4247
      @panda4247 Pƙed 4 lety +9

      @@atottalynormalcat939
      don't crash
      if you cannot avoid crashing, choose the crash with the lowest amount of casualties
      follow the orders of the human as long as they order you to crash
      follow the line
      go fast

    • @renakunisaki
      @renakunisaki Pƙed 4 lety +21

      if(about_to_crash) dont();

    • @bombardier6033
      @bombardier6033 Pƙed 4 lety +1

      Jokes aside, racing, especially for hours at a time isn't about being the fastest. It's about being the most consistent. The only time drivers go balls to the wall is qualifying.

    • @basmca1
      @basmca1 Pƙed 4 lety +1

      @@bombardier6033 and driving efficient.
      If you can do 1,02 at your max, you'll be less efficient at 1,05 than if 1,00 is your max.
      So yea you still have to be the fastest, but can't go 100% all the time.

  • @shogun2215
    @shogun2215 Pƙed 4 lety +5

    I do racing in my spare time and I struggle to see how this could be turned into a successful spectator sport. There's nothing interesting about watching a field of cars all designed to race perfectly with no humans involved. It's no different to lining up a group of computers and seeing which one can compute something the fastest, interesting yes, a spectator sport? No.

  • @rogerhinman5427
    @rogerhinman5427 Pƙed 3 lety +4

    "Okay, we need a guinea pig to test this car. Know any CZcamsrs?"

  • @dungeon5028
    @dungeon5028 Pƙed 4 lety +406

    "Ive never been on a Racetrack before"
    "THAT WAS A PERFECT RAICING LINE"

    • @assaqwwq
      @assaqwwq Pƙed 4 lety +99

      I've never played snooker. I know a good shot when I see it ;)

    • @Janzcu
      @Janzcu Pƙed 4 lety +26

      @@assaqwwq perfect not same as good
      It was not perfect racing line.. 😏

    • @albr4
      @albr4 Pƙed 4 lety +5

      perfect would've been on the red/white on the inside of the corner and the car should've straightened out faster.

    • @bucky13
      @bucky13 Pƙed 4 lety +4

      Gran Turismo?

    • @ophello
      @ophello Pƙed 4 lety +10

      Dungeon 50 you don’t have to have been on a racetrack to know what a perfect racing line is, smart ass.

  • @SmolBloof
    @SmolBloof Pƙed 4 lety +82

    1:30
    The car knows where it is at all times. It knows this because it knows where it isn't. By subtracting where it is from where it isn't, or where it isn't from where it is (whichever is greater), it obtains a difference, or deviation. The guidance subsystem uses deviations to generate corrective commands to drive the car from a position where it is to a position where it isn't, and arriving at a position where it wasn't, it now is. Consequently, the position where it is, is now the position that it wasn't, and it follows that the position that it was, is now the position that it isn't.
    In the event that the position that it is in is not the position that it wasn't, the system has acquired a variation, the variation being the difference between where the car is, and where it wasn't. If variation is considered to be a significant factor, it too may be corrected by the GEA. However, the car must also know where it was.
    The car guidance computer scenario works as follows. Because a variation has modified some of the information the missile has obtained, it is not sure just where it is. However, it is sure where it isn't, within reason, and it knows where it was. It now subtracts where it should be from where it wasn't, or vice-versa, and by differentiating this from the algebraic sum of where it shouldn't be, and where it was, it is able to obtain the deviation and its variation, which is called error.

    • @blackie126
      @blackie126 Pƙed 4 lety +7

      10/10

    • @Fs3i
      @Fs3i Pƙed 4 lety +11

      This reads like it's straight out of the hitchhiker's guide

    • @countertony
      @countertony Pƙed 4 lety +1

      If where it isn't is less than where it is, then there may have been a problem.

    • @sixstringedthing
      @sixstringedthing Pƙed 4 lety +1

      So.... it uses a feedback loop?

    • @robokid20001
      @robokid20001 Pƙed 4 lety +1

      This is a classic video.

  • @antonievandermeer34
    @antonievandermeer34 Pƙed 4 lety +3

    I really, really love the 4k 50fps I don't know if it was a headache to implement but it is appreciated.

  • @tobediv
    @tobediv Pƙed 3 lety +4

    One of these for an offroad or rally race would be incredible

    • @Ved_Overclocked
      @Ved_Overclocked Pƙed 3 lety

      I feel like Land Rover could be working on something like this idea.

  • @1schwererziehbar1
    @1schwererziehbar1 Pƙed 4 lety +52

    "Jesus, take the wheel!"

  • @astelp9220
    @astelp9220 Pƙed 4 lety +236

    Person: automated car, cool!
    Eyes align to see TikTok on car
    Person: àČ _ʖàČ 

    • @beatrix-persephone
      @beatrix-persephone Pƙed 4 lety +1

      theyre a huge tech company

    • @p.dephile2724
      @p.dephile2724 Pƙed 4 lety +3

      Gonna hit or miss the wall đŸ€”

    • @bansku1137
      @bansku1137 Pƙed 4 lety +2

      These automatic cars really are a hit or miss

    • @xdtjv2843
      @xdtjv2843 Pƙed 4 lety +1

      Making a car costs money, all the databases and etc. It costs hella lot of money so sponsors are needed

  • @ToasterTR
    @ToasterTR Pƙed rokem +2

    genuinely dont wanna see a world where our favorite motorsports are all robots

  • @bastian_5975
    @bastian_5975 Pƙed 4 lety +3

    Since it's robots, they could make it a lot more interesting by introducing situations that'd be unacceptably dangerous for humans, but much more interesting to watch. Think irl mario cart

  • @pbj4184
    @pbj4184 Pƙed 4 lety +30

    Tom's rocking that look in the suit

  • @BlakieTT
    @BlakieTT Pƙed 4 lety +77

    Tom has THE MOST RANDOM videos out of nowhere and I love it :>

    • @OrigamiMarie
      @OrigamiMarie Pƙed 4 lety +3

      Random content, perfect upload schedule!

    • @holdmybeer
      @holdmybeer Pƙed 4 lety +4

      super underrated youtuber

  • @Martell364
    @Martell364 Pƙed 4 lety +5

    As a long time fan of Jelle's Marble Runs and the Marble League I can safely say, yes, sports work without the human component.

  • @yp5387
    @yp5387 Pƙed 4 lety +11

    2019 Self Driving Car
    2020 Self watching robots đŸ€–
    What we human should do then?

  • @Ofitus21
    @Ofitus21 Pƙed 4 lety +54

    The tech is truly unbelieveable, and the progress this team has made since the strat of this journey is insane. But as Tom said, motorsports are all about the drivers and the humans inside pushing the limit, fighting for every single position and racing each other as hard as possible. ThatÂŽs what makes us love this wonderful sport. Roborace as a testing ground will be great. As a sport I really doubt itÂŽll succeed

    • @GodlikeGER
      @GodlikeGER Pƙed 4 lety +17

      Motor sports, or basically any sport which is done for entertainment reason gets interesting because of the human element in it, we are not perfect we do make mistakes, and thats why its way more interesting than some robots racing on a track. Take it one step further and you could just simulate it altogether, no need to have an actual car at all..

    • @insanereindeer4081
      @insanereindeer4081 Pƙed 4 lety +4

      I agree. This looks interesting and it would be fun to be a part of it with many teams racing. That being said, I watch F1 but I would probably never watch this.

    • @potatoes8169
      @potatoes8169 Pƙed 4 lety +2

      @@insanereindeer4081 I would watch this as i am more interested in the fact that no one is driving it. I love automation.

    • @ICountFrom0
      @ICountFrom0 Pƙed 4 lety +1

      But these cars can make mistakes, because they are programed by people. Things like the location of the other cars are not predicable. I will though prefer pit views instead of the track view.

    • @Thumbsupurbum
      @Thumbsupurbum Pƙed 4 lety +6

      I've been watching various forms of motorsport my whole life. I don't have much interest in watching these cars race. The human element is what brings the sport alive, a few guys being happy or angry in the pits isn't the same.

  • @InShortSight
    @InShortSight Pƙed 4 lety +32

    I quite like this "I got an email/invitation" series. I love how Tom gets to have tons of fun with it.

  • @rim7961
    @rim7961 Pƙed 4 lety +6

    "happy is a relative term"
    I'm having some Michael Reeves flashbacks here xD

  • @F2PAlius
    @F2PAlius Pƙed rokem +1

    Tom scott. Fear of rollercoasters. Gets into an autonomous robot car that can go to 60 kph.

  • @lumpyfishgravy
    @lumpyfishgravy Pƙed 4 lety +89

    "And that meant ... the car hit the wall"
    Oooookay.

  • @davidmoll7250
    @davidmoll7250 Pƙed 4 lety +11

    I am following RoboRace for some time now and I am really happy that they now get a broader coverage. Makes me happy for everyone involved at the teams

    • @williamr3151
      @williamr3151 Pƙed 4 lety +3

      Someone Different it’s boring no 1 will watch it you watch sports for the skill involved if your watch robots going round a track set to do things in a set way it’s just rly fking boring

  • @marc_frank
    @marc_frank Pƙed 4 lety +26

    the steering algorythim needs some pid tuning
    it's oscillating around the optimum

    • @gileee
      @gileee Pƙed 3 lety +5

      That looks like a normal amount of micro corrections to make while driving. The track isn't perfectly flat or uniformly grippy, the wheels and suspension aren't perfect... I'd expect the steering to constantly compensate a little.

  • @neilnolte2587
    @neilnolte2587 Pƙed 2 lety +3

    Battlebots is fairly successful. Allow the cars to hit each other and it would get interesting very quickly.

  • @mincenchez5887
    @mincenchez5887 Pƙed 4 lety +235

    So it’s basically a tas for speed running race tracks

    • @TheAechBomb
      @TheAechBomb Pƙed 4 lety +61

      I'm just waiting for it to learn wallclipping strats

    • @superjugy
      @superjugy Pƙed 4 lety +42

      @@TheAechBomb Hahahaha, or going in reverse because a dev forgot to limit the speed in reverse

    • @kyokkyuu
      @kyokkyuu Pƙed 4 lety +18

      I want to see this interpretation take off and see if the TAS community gets interested

    • @YellowBunny
      @YellowBunny Pƙed 4 lety +11

      Would destroying other cars and using the explosion as a boost be a viable strategy?

    • @sirforcer
      @sirforcer Pƙed 4 lety +15

      Correct me if i'm wrong, but TAS are based on a set of predetermined inputs, where as this is AI reactive to current conditions. I would say this is closer to a TAS system that you could attach to any game and it would figure out the best strategy on its own.

  • @LaneCarter
    @LaneCarter Pƙed 4 lety +53

    Oh Alan. Poor, poor Alan.

  • @AlQbyob
    @AlQbyob Pƙed 4 lety

    Tom you have the perfect job, people invite you to get driven around a race track like nobody's business

  • @DemonLordGamingAC0
    @DemonLordGamingAC0 Pƙed 3 lety +1

    When I remember car concepts like the SRT Tomahawk and the RedBull x2010 from Gran Turismo, this is how I'd imagine them in real life

    • @TypicallyThomas
      @TypicallyThomas Pƙed 3 lety +1

      I really want them to build an RBX2010 with autonomous driver. A human would die driving that but when the driver is easily cloned into a usb drive...

  • @derkateramabend
    @derkateramabend Pƙed 4 lety +19

    “70 kilograms of wet meat” is the best description of a human I have heard so far, Tom.

  • @SimplySpace
    @SimplySpace Pƙed 4 lety +30

    Tom's tone in the intro is just like: You know what, I'm just beyond being surprised by stuff now 😂

  • @awesomelyshorticles
    @awesomelyshorticles Pƙed 4 lety +1

    That racing suit is totally badass!

  • @Benjy52
    @Benjy52 Pƙed 3 lety +4

    0:11 Don’t think I didn’t notice Tiktok as the car’s livery. Now I don’t trust this car

    • @robbenevens188
      @robbenevens188 Pƙed 3 lety

      You don't trust a car because a company with zero input invested in it? You got some serious trust issues

    • @crimsonstrykr
      @crimsonstrykr Pƙed rokem

      @@robbenevens188 Its a joke you numb nuts!!

    • @professionaleejit5927
      @professionaleejit5927 Pƙed rokem

      @@robbenevens188 calm down it was a joke and quite frankly so is tik tok

  • @skthejanner
    @skthejanner Pƙed 4 lety +14

    "Oh and Vettel spins! Good job it's just an office chair in front of some computers."

  • @Noemo2000
    @Noemo2000 Pƙed 4 lety +8

    You know, I don’t know if anyone ever says it, but thanks for showing the imperial conversions on the screen. I love your show and appreciate the thoughtfulness :)

  • @tacosanchez28
    @tacosanchez28 Pƙed 3 lety +74

    It has a TikTok logo on it I am not entering that car at any point in my life dear god no

  • @stefanniklas
    @stefanniklas Pƙed 4 lety +1

    I've Seen this at Goodwood. Wonderful!

  • @FoxBlocksHere
    @FoxBlocksHere Pƙed 4 lety +187

    Car: has TikTok logo on it
    [ Everyone disliked that. ]

  • @therubberducktube
    @therubberducktube Pƙed 4 lety +26

    The moment they started talking about making it interesting even though there aren't people in the cars, I started thinking about the logistics of safely putting weapons on the cars.

    • @zoomosis
      @zoomosis Pƙed 4 lety

      I'm reminded of the old DOS game, Deathtrack. Caltrops, mines and terminators...

    • @neolexiousneolexian6079
      @neolexiousneolexian6079 Pƙed 4 lety +4

      ...if there are weapons on the cars, then the threshold for how interesting it actually needs to be will also be increased tenfold to cover the constant replacement costs created by those weapons, unfortunately.

    • @sixstringedthing
      @sixstringedthing Pƙed 4 lety +2

      I like how this guy thinks.

    • @ciangibbons6643
      @ciangibbons6643 Pƙed 4 lety

      @@neolexiousneolexian6079 They're already using artificial drivers, why not artificial weapons. Computers calculate the damage and use a system to make the cosmetics changes with some light shows and the like for the watchers

    • @ericjames7342
      @ericjames7342 Pƙed 4 lety +2

      And that's how the killbot apocalypse started

  • @MrMycelium
    @MrMycelium Pƙed 4 lety +1

    I'd love to watch it! I'd be so interested in how the various teams implement their systems, and talk about the algorithms they've used for their car!

    • @Roborace
      @Roborace Pƙed 4 lety

      Stay tuned in our channel for more!

  • @MooImABunny
    @MooImABunny Pƙed 4 lety

    happy is a relative term!
    I love that it's basically the same thing michael said to tom in a previous video about tom and friends getting sick in a car

  • @urgay1992
    @urgay1992 Pƙed 4 lety +40

    1:29
    The car knows where it is at all times.
    It knows this because it knows where it isn't.
    By subtracting where it is from where it isn't,
    or where it isn’t from where it is,
    it obtains a difference or deviation.
    The guidance subsystem uses deviations to generate corrective commands to drive the car from a position where it is to a position where it isn't and arriving at a position that it wasn't, it now is.
    Consequently, the position where it is is now the position that it wasn't,
    and it follows that the position that it was is now the position that it isn't.
    In the event that the position that it is in is not the position that it wasn't,
    the system has acquired a variation.
    The variation being the difference between where the car is and where it wasn't.
    If variation is considered to be a significant factor, it too may be corrected by the GEA.
    However, the car must also know where it was.
    The car guidance computer scenario works as follows:
    Because a variation has modified some of the information that the car has obtained,
    it is not sure just where it is.
    However, it is sure where it isn't,
    within reason, and it knows where it was.
    It now subtracts where it should be from where it wasn't, or vice-versa.
    And by differentiating this from the algebraic sum of where it shouldn't be and where it was,
    it is able to obtain the deviation and its variation, which is called error.

    • @lolzlolz102
      @lolzlolz102 Pƙed 4 lety +1

      ...and after all that, bad data = wall hitting....great.

    • @autismo721
      @autismo721 Pƙed 4 lety

      Eventually this car will be faster than a missile

  • @MrDowntemp0
    @MrDowntemp0 Pƙed 4 lety +113

    Who is this Tom Scott look a like? Is this a parody? Is this one of those AI face swaps? I know it ain't the real Tom because there was no red shirt!

  • @Hrafnskald
    @Hrafnskald Pƙed 4 lety +2

    "Happy is a relative term!" Ah, classic Tom :D

  • @zacslater2333
    @zacslater2333 Pƙed 3 lety +3

    That long Red and Grey building is my secondary school, they specialise in High Performance Engineering

  • @outside8312
    @outside8312 Pƙed 4 lety +18

    I'm honestly so jealous of Tom's Email

  • @nobodyeverinhistory
    @nobodyeverinhistory Pƙed 4 lety +73

    I swear if that car starts doing the "ahegao" face and being all quirky, I will start a riot at Tik Tok HQ.

    • @janveen6115
      @janveen6115 Pƙed 4 lety +20

      I Googled ahegao and I now want to bleach my eyes

    • @LPRD
      @LPRD Pƙed 4 lety +5

      @@janveen6115 thanks for the warning

    • @cy9987
      @cy9987 Pƙed 4 lety +7

      I just realize they have a word for that face..
      I guess we just learn something new everyday huh

  • @willcolman6948
    @willcolman6948 Pƙed 4 lety

    I totally agree with tom at the end. There is no joy, passion or risk in a robot setting perfect times with perfect racing lines. The reason that the racing champions become champions is because they are the best and have worked hard, and a few uni students shouldn't take all that hard work away with a few algorithms and logics in an automated vehicle

  • @eugenielegrand8590
    @eugenielegrand8590 Pƙed 3 lety +1

    Am I the only one to think Tom Scott looks surprisingly good in that suit?