Driverless 'Roborace' car makes street track debut

It is a car kitted out with technology its developers boldly predict will transform our cities and change the way we live. • Source: CNN " data-fave-thumbnails="{"big": { "uri": "https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/161116191827-robo-race-electric-racing-formula-e-driverless-technology-spc-00000306.jpg?q=x_0,y_0,h_1080,w_1919,c_fill" }, "small": { "uri": "https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/161116191827-robo-race-electric-racing-formula-e-driverless-technology-spc-00000306.jpg?q=x_0,y_0,h_1080,w_1919,c_fill" } }" data-vr-video="false" data-show-html=" " data-byline-html=" " data-timestamp-html=" PUBLISHED Nov 18, 2016, 4:38 AM ET " data-check-event-based-preview="" data-is-vertical-video-embed="false" data-network-id="" data-publish-date="2016-11-18T08:39:18Z" data-video-section="sport" data-canonical-url="https://www.cnn.com/videos/sports/2016/11/16/robo-race-electric-racing-formula-e-driverless-technology-spc.cnn" data-branding-key="supercharged" data-video-slug="robo race electric racing formula e driverless technology spc" data-first-publish-slug="robo race electric racing formula e driverless technology spc" data-video-tags="automotive industry,business and industry sectors,business, economy and trade,company activities and management,motor vehicles,motorsports,product development,product innovation,product management,self-driving cars,sports and recreation,technology,automotive industry and environment,alternative fuel vehicles,electric vehicles,sports organizations and teams,motor sports organizations,formula e,africa,auto racing,marrakech,middle east and north africa,morocco,northern africa,robots and robotics" data-breakpoints='{"video-resource--media-extra-large": 660}' data-display-video-cover="true" data-details=""> Video Ad Feedback Driverless cars will 'transform our cities' 0:59 • Source: CNN Driverless cars will 'transform our cities' 0:59 Corporate news Tech news Africa Green energy See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Threads Link Copied! Follow Driverless electric racer completes successful track test in Marrakech, Morocco Planned Roborace series will see autonomous cars compete at Formula E ePrix weekends It is a car kitted out with technology its developers boldly predict will transform our cities and change the way we live. The autonomous “DevBot #1” took a giant leap forward in Morocco recently, making its debut on a street track at the Formula E Marrakech ePrix . The battery-powered prototype is being tested for Roborace – a proposed race series where driverless cars will compete on temporary city circuits.

“It’s the first time we’ve run the Devbot in driverless mode on a Formula E track in the middle of a city street,” Roborace’s Justin Cooke told CNN. in the morning developing a technology that no one else in the world is able to do at this speed and in these complicated environments.” Read: Electric race car showcases driverless future Using a variety of sensors – including GPS, radar and ultrasonics – allied to sophisticated computer programs, the car learns how to navigate a track at speed avoiding all obstacles. Robot race cars are go! 13 photos A new robot race car series is set to get underway in 2017. Robot race cars are go!

A new robot race car series is set to get underway in 2017. Formula E championship weekends. Organizers have commissioned Daniel Simon -- famous for his work on movies like "Tron: Legacy" -- to design the race car. ' class='image__dam-img image__dam-img--loading' onload='this.classList.remove('image__dam-img--loading')' onerror='imageLoadError(this)' height='2250' width='4000' loading='lazy'/> The planned "Roborace" series is scheduled to be contested during Formula E championship weekends. Organizers have commissioned Daniel Simon -- famous for his work on movies like "Tron: Legacy" -- to design the race car.

The "Roborace" series is scheduled to start in 2017 and will see 10 autonomous cars all competing on the same track. The car successfully navigated the track at Formula E's Marrakech ePrix in November. The all-electric race series will host robot races during ePrix weekends. The car has been developed by a small team of engineers and computer scientists. "With this car we have several kinds of sensors," Sergey Malygin, Roborace's Artificial Intelligence developer, told CNN.

"One motor drives one wheel," Simonavicius told CNN. It's more advanced than the conventional stability control ABS." But are driverless cars a good idea? Visit cnn.com/motorsport for more Formula E news and features “More than anything we want people to be excited about the technology because it’s going to change our lives, it’s going to transform our cities.” Corporate news Tech news Africa Green energy See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Threads Link Copied! Follow It is a car kitted out with technology its developers boldly predict will transform our cities and change the way we live. Driverless 'Roborace' car makes street track debut