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self-driving electric vehicle (feddit.de)
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[–] Peter1986c@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (2 children)

Less degrees of freedom so the decision-making process is a lot easier for the onboard systems.

[–] HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

Adding to this, self driving trains tend to run on restricted tracks that are isolated from roads, walking paths and other trains. For example, a metro. So it doesn't need to do things like look out for manual drivers and pedestrians. Also, automatic train control, ATC, is already widely implemented for manually driven trains and a very manture technology, and full self driving is simply an extension of that as opposed to a brand new technology.

[–] powerbling@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 years ago (1 children)

Oh god I meant to write the opposite 😑: why aren't autonomous trains more common since they are easier to implement.

[–] Peter1986c@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 years ago

Sorry, I was not sure whether your comment was sarcastic or not so I answered it seriously. :|