nnrccar
AI
neural network robotics
SHOW HN2012
How HN took it
8 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 12 comments about the project. Thread score +0.50.
Docs: 2 for, 0 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
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What HN said
What people liked
Impressive project that combines course learning with a hands-on build
From 4 comments
Sorry, let me be more precise. After completing a course you correctly associated new knowledge with the potential for a cool project in an area which has been made very…
aiurtourist on HNVery cool robotics project. Were you aware of FANN (http://leenissen.dk/fann/wp) before you started your neural network implementation? Also have you tried any other machine…
Game_Ender on HNWow, very nice. Congrats on putting the course into practice!
geekfactor on HNWell done, that's pretty awesome.
noeltock on HN
Good write-up that works as a portfolio piece
From 1 comment
Sorry, let me be more precise. After completing a course you correctly associated new knowledge with the potential for a cool project in an area which has been made very…
aiurtourist on HN
Objections
Budget DIY setup is not a realistic path to real driverless cars
From 1 comment
If you were to copy this project using slightly more powerful components (higher resolution video, faster processing pipeline, more powerful servos) to automate the driving a…
unwind on HN
Requests
Asks for latency measurements
From 1 comment
What sort of latencies did you see in this project while the car was running? Specifically, from the point where you have access to the camera's preview buffer to encoding it,…
endianswap on HN
Asks for a fully onboard version without a separate computer
From 1 comment
super cool! it would be even more cool to see the arduino hooked up directly to the android so there was no separate computer involved and it was totally autonomous. even still,…
jakejake on HN
Questions
How well would it scale to real routes?
From 1 comment
So I have to ask, how well do you think this would scale? AM I but a month of effort away from never having to actively drive to work again (given I follow the same route most…
EwanG on HN
Why is the input layer one unit larger than the pixel count?
From 2 comments
The input layer for the neural net has 25345 units. The input is a 176x144 image, which is 25344 pixels. Why is there one more input unit than pixels?
tzs on HNI guess it's a constant bias term.
iori42 on HN
Alternatives named
FANN neural network library
From 1 comment
Very cool robotics project. Were you aware of FANN (http://leenissen.dk/fann/wp) before you started your neural network implementation? Also have you tried any other machine…
Game_Ender on HN
Romo smartphone robot
From 1 comment
Yes, agreed - I do plan to try this next - just discovered this http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/peterseid/romo-the-smartphone-robot?ref=category (not self driving :-( ) robot…
dps on HN