A Maserati MC20 coupe precocious reached a velocity of astir 200 miles per hr – and determination was nary quality operator down the instrumentality astatine the time.
The supercar achieved a velocity of 197.7 mph portion "robo-driver" exertion drove it astatine the Kennedy Space Center’s 15,000-foot Space Florida Launch and Landing Facility runway, according to a Monday property merchandise from the company.
Maserati said that eye-popping velocity marked a "new autonomous driving record."
The feat arose retired of teamwork betwixt the Indy Autonomous Challenge, the Politecnico di Milano, the 1000 Miglia Experience Florida and the luxury automaker.
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The PoliMOVE-MSU squad from wrong Politecnico di Milano’s artificial quality driving autonomous task created the AI driving software utilized successful the Maserati MC20, Maserati said.
According to the luxury automaker, the aforesaid supercar had antecedently notched a velocity accelerated capable to instrumentality location a grounds for the "fastest autonomous accumulation car" backmost successful November but with the latest tally it "has erstwhile again raised the bar." It went 177 mph astatine that time.
Maserati said the collaboration among the groups to scope 197.7 mph "marks a cardinal measurement successful autonomous driving experimentation, laying the groundwork for caller technological advancements and accelerating the improvement of precocious technologies for the commercialization of autonomous vehicles and ADAS systems."
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Prior to the Maserati MC20’s feat, an Indy Autonomous Challenge AV-21 racecar had been the implicit recorderholder for an autonomous car, astatine 192.8 mph, according to the automaker.
"These satellite velocity records are overmuch much than conscionable a showcase of aboriginal technology; we are pushing AI-driver bundle and robotics hardware to the implicit edge," Indy Autonomous Challenge CEO Paul Mitchell said successful a statement. "Doing truthful with a thoroughfare car is helping modulation the learnings of autonomous racing to alteration safe, secure, sustainable, high-speed autonomous mobility connected highways."
Politecnico’s Sergio Matteo Savaresi besides said the trial "assesses the AI’s ability, robustness, and absorption time, yet enhancing information for low-speed municipality mobility situations."
Maserati archetypal started selling the Maserati MC20 successful the autumn of 2020. The automaker builds the supercar astatine a works successful Modena, a metropolis successful bluish Italy.
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The automaker has described the supercar arsenic the "perfect blend of elegance, sportiness and personality."
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