[From Rupert Young (2018.06.19 16.20)]
Thanks. And thanks for the suggestions (Bruce, Bill, Warren). All
good points though some would take months to sort out. I have very
limited resources, funds and time, so some will have to wait for
future developments if they happen, and I really need to get this
finalised this week. Also the simulation software I used was on an
evaluation license, which has now run out, so I am not able to
replay any of the demos.
I have since come across this open-source simulator for
autonomous driving research, , which looks
really cool, and would like to try that in future.
However, some points I am able to address reasonably easily, to
which I respond here.
BA: I wonder whether you can do something to improve the
readability of the graphs. At full screen on my laptop, I cant
read any of the labels, and therefore can only guess at what each
of the graphs is trying to convey.
I have added overlay labels to the graphs to hopefully make them
more understandable.
WM: - the demos for each activity seem to take too long - any chance
of showing them each within 30 seconds?
I will be doing a short version of the demo.
WM: - I am wondering whether going round in a circle is limiting? Is
it too early to navigate streets, or again just pre-empt this
criticism when you explain why the track is circular?
I have added some explanation to the accompanying description
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http://carla.org/
http://www.perceptualrobots.com/2018/06/19/autonomous-vehicles/
BL: It might also be worth mentioning that the other color
vehicles were running a fixed program and were not under a control
scheme of any kind and were only positioned to provide the
interference needed to demonstrate the control action being shown.
I have added this point to the description.
BL: Also, I don't know what program you created this with so
these suggestions may be of no use whatsoever…
I'm afraid I didn't really understand the points you made here,
could you expand?
And most importantly!
WM: - get rid of the music!
What!? The video is pretty mind-numbing as it is. Without the
music I fear for the mental health of anyone watching it! However,
if others have strong views about it let me know. Here are
versions with and without.
Regards,
Rupert
On 19/06/2018 07:21, Bill Leach ( via
csgnet Mailing List) wrote:
Rupert, I second Bruce’s an impressive demo!
I also agree with Bruce's comments on something like the
dashboard. The first few examples made no sense to me at all.
I have no clue what I was observing. Most of the multiple
vehicle advanced lane control examples were pretty good I
think. Your texts that popped up were quite useful.
It might also be worth mentioning that the other color vehicles
were running a fixed program and were not under a control scheme
of any kind and were only positioned to provide the interference
needed to demonstrate the control action being shown.
Also, I don't know what program you created this with so these
suggestions may be of no use whatsoever…
-
For the slide at the beginning providing 'next' and
‘previous’ buttons would be better than just using time
-
A 'pause' toggle for the motion related demos would be
beneficial also I believe
-
I am running a laptop that almost qualifies as a gaming
machine but had some data rate problems (I did not try to
monitor the network traffic) but it seems that it must have
been quite high.
https://youtu.be/NlA31cZq4JEhttps://youtu.be/5jIAsCrUIkE
wrleach@cableone.net
On 06/18/2018 08:11 PM, “Bruce
Abbott” (
via csgnet Mailing List) wrote:
bbabbott@frontier.com
[From
Bruce Abbott (2018.06.18.2200 EDT)]
[From Rupert Young (2018.06.19
00.10)]
I've been preparing a proof of
concept in the domain of AVs, here’s a preview, https://youtu.be/4rwzPtc1eyw
Comments welcome before I put it
live.
Impressive demo, Rupert!
I wonder whether you can do something to improve the
readability of the graphs. At full screen on my laptop, I
cant read any of the labels, and therefore can only guess
at what each of the graphs is trying to convey.
It might be nice to add a dashboard to the portion
showing the track (perhaps at the center of the circle).
The dashboard might display (in relatively large font)
The blue vehicles sensor readings: current speed and
acceleration, distance to other vehicles immediately ahead
and behind in the current and adjacent lane. I know these
things are shown in the graphs but it would be easier to
see what is happening dynamically by reading the dashboard
rather than trying to locate and interpret the appropriate
graph traces.
Bruce