New Laneless Feature VS Base Model | Openpilot Self-driving

Hello everyone, welcome back to let him drive in this video. I wanted to show off a brand new

feature

in the latest version of

openpilot

from comma.ai to disable the use of lane lines. I'm going to show a few different clips of

driving

performance with the

feature

on and then turn it off so you can compare comma.ai recently announced that version 0.8.3 of Open Pilot was released. A lot of work has been done and this new

laneless

feature is truly a game changer. If you're new to Openpilot, consider it similar. For Tesla's Autopilot feature, it is an aftermarket product that can be manually installed in your car to bring it one step closer to autonomous

driving

.

You can check the description for more information, so with update 0.8.3 we have a new interface. for comma 2 and it looks much cleaner and more responsive, as you can see in the comma 2 menu the lane change assist lever has been removed and by default it is always on because most of users use it, it has also become an enormously useful tool. feature improved over time since the update, the menu shows a new feature disable the use of lane lines comma.ai describes it as a feature that will allow

openpilot

to ignore lane lines and simply drive like it thinks a human would if This feature is enabled.

See on the coma 2 screen that lane following is disabled, this is to remind you that you are not using that feature and that your driving route turns red instead of white. Disabling the use of lane markings does not mean that your vehicle will suddenly ignore road limits and take you on unexpected off-road adventures. The open rider still uses the lanes to drive, but more effort is spent looking at the road. This is done in an attempt to emulate more human driving behavior and adapt more naturally. The vehicle's trajectory considering the road conditions ahead with the switch off, concentrates entirely on the lane lines and attempts to keep the car centered in its lane.

After this video, I made comparison clips on three different occasions with three different road conditions. Road without center lane. line and a less maintained country road here you can see my driving on the highway with the

base

model

, the lane line disabled use feature is disabled and the open pilot keeps my car perfectly centered in his lane. You can also see from the side mirrors that the car is equally centered on both sides. Now here we see the same road, but with the new feature activated, I'm driving in the right lane and from the side mirrors you can see that the car is definitely staying closer to the outside of the road.

However, when it detects lanes on both sides, such as an exit ramp, for example, or when driving in the second lane of a three-lane highway, the car will correctly center it

self

in its lane just like the

base

model

. The new update allows the open pilot to be operated. your vehicle in a more holistic way, giving you more freedom to maneuver while considering more information about the road and the multiple options your car has for a road. In this scenario, I am driving again with the lane-based model and the open pilot is focusing on the lane lines I am crossing a small intersection just before the parking lot.

You can see that we no longer have a center line separating the lanes. This is a small two-way road and the lane lines only exist on the shoulders. The open driver is trying to center the car directly in the middle of the road, which is a definite no-no for me. A human driver would drive closer to the right side. This is the same road but with the disabled lane markings feature enabled. on the coma screen 2 we see the driving road colored in red unfortunately there is no longer a Volkswagen here here we are crossing the intersection and so far everything is perfect even without a lane dividing line the car hugs the right side wonderfully just as it would there is enough room for other cars driving towards me on the other side.

Really impressive in this clip, you can see that we are heading down a less maintained country road, no lane lines, the road is wide and there is a small curve ahead to the left. I have sped up the video to double the speed, the car is going 25 miles per hour, 40 kilometers per hour, the car stays closer to the right side like I would because there are no open lane lines. The pilot is using the railless model, but he is trying. to find lane lines and from point 2 I can see that it occasionally detects white gravel on the left side and interpret that as a line this causes the vehicle to make a very small steering adjustment to the left, however, because it is not a clearly defined line and Open Pilot does not use the entire camera view from the Comma 2 device, it still manages to operate the vehicle effectively and does its best to follow the right side of the road.

It's truly amazing what George Hotz and the amazing team at Comma Dot Ai are doing. In this clip I am driving completely in

laneless

mode. I am on the same road at the same speed as before approaching the curve. It feels a little like the car is hugging the right side of the road more closely compared to when I am. By using lane-based mode, I still think it is doing a better job and there is enough room for other vehicles on the road. It's very impressive that the open rider is able to drive on roads like this, even when the edges of the roads are slightly faded and not very clear.

So what is my conclusion on the new update? I think if your daily commute is driving on a highway with wide roads and perfectly clear lane lines and you prefer the open pilot to operate your vehicle more tightly given these conditions, then the base model is perfect for you. but if your trip requires you to drive on many different road conditions, such as highways, mountain roads, smaller two-way secondary roads, and even roads without lane lines, this new mode is really impressive in my opinion; However, as a reminder, this new completely laneless mode is very still an alpha version.

There have been some cases while driving on urban roads with less clear lane lines where the car exceeded the lane dividing limit. It is very important that you always pay full attention while driving because the open pilot cannot detect the vehicles that are directly next to you on either side, so you must always stay focused and keep your hands on standby on the steering wheel. These videos are only intended to demonstrate the characteristics of the open rider and you, as the driver, must always be completely focused on the road ahead and your surroundings - you are the driver, not the open rider.

It's just fantastic that the open driver is constantly improving and receiving new updates, but it only takes one mistake or miscalculation to have an accident, so don't abuse the system and drive safely. I want you and everyone else on the road to reach your destination safely, let me know if you have any more questions about the video and for more content please subscribe, see you next time.