Comma.ai, an autonomous driving startup by a genius hacker, announces 'comma three' that enables autonomous driving just by attaching it to a car



George Hotz, who succeeded in jailbreaking the world's first iPhone at the age of 17 and has worked for Facebook and Google for his genius programming ability, said in 2016 that he introduced technology related to autonomous driving. Launched Comma.ai to develop. Comma.ai sells 'comma two devkit ' that enables automatic driving just by attaching it to a car, and has announced 'comma three ' which is the next generation model.

comma – introducing comma three
https://comma.ai/



Autonomous Driving startup Comma.ai announces Comma Three hardware with OLED display and 360 ° view of the car --techAU
https://techau.com.au/autonomous-driving-startup-comma-ai-announces-comma-three-hardware-with-oled-display-and-360-view-of-the-car/

'Comma three' is 4th generation custom hardware designed for use in the car. Equipped with two cameras to secure a 360-degree field of view and a total of three cameras to recognize distant objects, the resolution is 1080p (1920 x 1080 pixels) and the dynamic range is 120 dB. I am. Comma.ai emphasizes the performance of the comma three cameras, saying that they are 'two generations ahead of the major electric vehicle manufacturers.' In addition, comma three is capable of Wi-Fi and LTE connection, and is also equipped with high-precision GPS.

The front of the comma three body looks like this, with a display and a camera underneath to monitor the driver.



There are two cameras on the back and various terminals for power supply to the main unit.



When you actually install the comma three inside the car, it looks like this. It is installed in the center of the windshield from inside the car and connected to the in-vehicle camera unit at the base of the rearview mirror to supply power.



The detailed specifications of the comma three main unit are Qualcomm's Snapdragon 845 at the heart, the storage capacity is 250GB or 1TB Samsung 980 NVMe SSD, and the display resolution is 2160 x 1080 pixels. In addition, the automobile sensor ' AR0231AT ' is used. Technology media techAU wrote, 'The previous model was better than the development kit, but it's getting closer to a commercial product,' and praised the high degree of perfection as a product.

It takes only about 30 minutes to install comma three in a car, and a short installation guide movie of 1 minute 35 seconds is also released from the official. The mounting method is almost the same as the previous model comma two.

comma three Installation Guide --YouTube


comma three uses 'openpilot', an open source autonomous driving system, and its source code is published on GitHub. Since openpilot employs a 'driver monitoring function' to monitor whether the driver is checking the course properly when driving in automatic driving, the driver needs to monitor the driving situation. In addition, since openpilot can perform 'automatic braking' and 'driving following the vehicle in front while maintaining the lane' under the supervision of the driver, it can be classified as level 2 equivalent as the level classification of automatic driving. increase.

GitHub -commai / openpilot: openpilot is an open source driver assistance system. openpilot performs the functions of Automated Lane Centering and Adaptive Cruise Control for over 100 supported car makes and models.
https://github.com/commaai/openpilot



Regarding the automatic driving accuracy of openpilot, Comma.ai wants you to refer to the following 'Movie that automatically drives a long distance of 200 miles (about 320 km) with openpilot', and appeals that it can handle long distance automatic driving perfectly. doing.

200 miles hands free! Openpilot laneless (hyperlapse) --YouTube


Because openpilot is optimized for vehicles equipped with 'cruise control ' that maintains an appropriate distance from the vehicle in front and 'lane departure prevention support system ' that automatically adjusts to drive in the center of the lane. Please note that not all vehicles can use comma three. A list of models compatible with openpilot is listed on the following page.

GitHub -commai / openpilot: Supported Cars
https://github.com/commaai/openpilot#supported-cars



The 'comma three dev kit', a kit for attaching the 'comma three' to a car, is on sale at the official store, and the model with a storage capacity of 250GB is $ 2,199 (about 240,000 yen), and the 1TB model is $ 2,799 (about 31). It is 10,000 yen).

comma three devkit | comma shop
https://comma.ai/shop/products/three



In addition, you can check the full presentation when Mr. Hotts announced the comma three in the following movie.

George Hotz Announcing COMMA THREE at COMMA_CON --YouTube


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