Audi’s Self-Driving Racing Car

Audi has let its self-driving car model loose on the road.

The Audi RS 7 appears like any other racing car, making split second decisions and navigating a track at 150mph. However, its difference from racing cars is that it is also a self-driving car.

The model completed a lap on the Grand Prix track in Hockenheim at 150mph without a driver. As with other self-driving cars, it operates without a driver being driven entirely by software.

It took the Audi RS 7 two minutes to complete a lap on the track. The car uses specially corrected GPS signals which are transmitted to the vehicle via WIFI. 3D cameras in the car film the track, and a computer program compares the cameras’ image information against a data set stored on board.

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