Jeep Driven By PS3 with Linux

"In early October, Terra Soft Solutions was engaged by Axion Racing to assist with the integration of a Sony PlayStation3 running Yellow Dog Linux into "Spirit", Axion's fully autonomous Jeep Grand Cherokee which is this week competing in the qualifying rounds for the DARPA autonomous vehicle challenge in Victorville, California.

Integral to the on-board, realtime image processing system, the YDL PS3 rides atop a set of 1U rackmount servers inside Spirit which drives itself through simulated city traffic and obstacles during the qualifying rounds, currently underway". -Terra Soft Solutions.

[ATLRoAcH]

Now my PS3 can drive me around.lol.Now I know the PS3 can do anything.I've got friends that can barely drive worth a crap and heres PS3 behind the wheel of a Jeep.Now I've seen everything.Kudos to the guys that did this.

[mighty_douche]

funny sh1t...!!

[smirx]

I just signed up with N4G 2 hours ago. i posted this news tip a few minutes later and it's already up on the main page! Sweet.

[Bebedora]

Some how they must have gotten to the SPEs or it would be just anybody's pocketcalculator doing the same. Just wondering is that even possible w/o passby to the hardware in linux/PS3??

[pwnsause]

In the Soviet Union, Playstation 3 DRIVES YOU!!!!

[Bebedora]

DRIVE B3YOND

[harpua]

I hope EA doesn't try this, they would crash immediately.

[Bebedora]

I give you that for sure.

"Reset your car and prepare to install gaspedal 1.03"

[skagrerrrr]

that's funny

[Shaka2K6]

Love PS3 the best, theres no limits.

[Maddens Raiders]

someone that's been on this site for more than a 12 months say that this is super old news. I posted this like....I can't even remember how long ago. Anyway cool to see it again. I'm slowly losing faith in you TnS. 8D

[jack who]

Nissan and Microsoft have teamed up to create a concept car that includes a built-in Xbox 360 gaming console. While parked, the driver can play Project Gotham Racing using the car's actual steering wheel, gas and brake pedals. The game is displayed on a flip-down 7-inch LCD screen.

[smirx]

Yeah, I heard about this. Bill gates had a secret destination programmed in to drive 12 yr old 360 fanboys to his house and place them in his bed.

[nobizlikesnowbiz]

Isn't this for the competition commissioned by the US military to design and build a autonomous vehicle that can supply the troops?

I think it's supposed to be by 2012, 1/3 of all supply vehicles in the US military are supposed to autonomous. I dunno if thats achievable, but who knows.

You guys are all heralding the Ps3 as if it's doing this by itself. It's just being a computer. Lol. It's not playing games.

When does the Ps3 play games?

[smirx]

I'm not "heralding" the PS3. I just thought it was interesting. It just means that the PS3 has the technology to accomplish this. The only place the 360 will be driving anyone is to the bargain bin in about a year.

[Maddens Raiders]

Umm. no, the question is when do (((you))) play PS3 games chump. What's your PSN again? Oh yeah...nvmd; lol. Clown.

[Tyler Durden]

i heard that sonys making an update were u can rob a bank with ur ps3 via remote play

[PimpHandHappy]

i like the Drive Beyound

hahahahahah

[TheExodus]

It's official, the PS3 is as powerful as three Mac Minis ( http://team.gobanzai.com/ho... ), but I'm not really sure that's a whole lot to brag about given Mac Minis were running G4 processors that barely cracked the 1 GHz mark 2 years ago.

[Shaka2K6]

GT5?

[joevfx]

these guys can make it drive a jeep yet EA cant amek it run games at 60fps, what the hell.

[ATLRoAcH]

Exactly.

[ThisIsWaiting]

except play games well.

Maybe Sony just should have called the PS3 the next Vaio, and then focused on making a game machine.

[mikeslemonade]

While PS3 helps drives cars, the 360 burns down houses, electricutes young boys, and gives you the red rings.

[Bladestar]

ohhh crap... Now cars will now be delayed, cost more to develope, batteries will explode, and dashboard will have frame rate issues...

[x440Magnumx]

Hmm....doesn't it say it's basically a PS3 managing servers, not doing the actual driving itself?

1U rackmount servers can range from $700-$5000 a piece, and carry some pretty serious power, so I'd say the PS3 is providing an important role, but relatively simple....Apple has had the technology to wire computers together electronically without even requiring a unit operating solely operating to link the computers together for quite a while now.

All it's saying to me is it's acting as a "router" for the servers.

[Bebedora]

so that made more sense to me. +buble

[xc7x]

imagine in the future,car thieves won't have to get in cars to steal 'em anymore,they just use a game controller lol