What does this thing do? The sales page doesn't help much either "The comma 3X is custom hardware designed to live in your car, and purpose built to run openpilot." What is openpilot??
It's really not hard to just search "openpilot" and click the first link. There's also a link at the top of the comma.ai website that links to the same page.
openpilot is an open source advanced driver assistance system that works on 300+ car models of Toyota, Hyundai, Honda, and many other brands.
Automated Lane Centering
Adaptive Cruise Control
Lane Change Assist
Driver Monitoring (no wheel nags)
Can drive for hours without intervention
Open source and developed on GitHub
It is an advanced driving assistance system. It kind of drives your car for you (lane centering, basic obstacle avoidance, and adaptive cruise control all without you have to touch the wheel or the pedals) as long as you’re looking forward and paying attention to the road.
They have demonstrated full self driving capabilities with a car driving “itself” to Taco Bell. I have a comma3 and have never had much success with that feature. The car drove itself very slowly and seems to just weirdly creep through stop signs. I think the last time I tested that was over a year and a half ago, so it may have improved.
I use mine only on the highways. I noticed for long trips (6+ hours), I can drive longer distances in one go and not feel as fatigued when I reach my destination. As an example, a 10 hour trip to visit family (11-12 hours including stops) I can do by myself in one day with the comma device instead of stopping halfway, or splitting driving time with someone else. For shorter trips (3-6 hours), I arrive to my destination with more energy than when I drive without these features. I am also able to focus more on potential obstacles further down the road than without it.
I think my device has already paid for itself thanks to a couple year period where I had to do that 12 hour trip I mentioned a couple times per month. Plus it is a really nice dash cam.
> They have demonstrated full self driving capabilities with a car driving "itself" to Taco Bell. I have a comma3 and have never had much success
I'm surprised you've even had any success. Are you a Comma Prime subscriber or something? Because mine absolutely gives no shits about red (or yellow!) lights, stop signs, "danger, sharp curve ahead," nothing. If it's the open road, lucky me. If there's the slightest decision to make, best to disengage
The US government made them tie their hands behind their back a few years ago, NHTSA tried to shut down the company so they rebranded their then Comma 2 as a dashcam that might be able to drive your car.
barnas2|9 months ago
https://comma.ai/openpilot
openpilot is an open source advanced driver assistance system that works on 300+ car models of Toyota, Hyundai, Honda, and many other brands.
davidb_|9 months ago
They have demonstrated full self driving capabilities with a car driving “itself” to Taco Bell. I have a comma3 and have never had much success with that feature. The car drove itself very slowly and seems to just weirdly creep through stop signs. I think the last time I tested that was over a year and a half ago, so it may have improved.
I use mine only on the highways. I noticed for long trips (6+ hours), I can drive longer distances in one go and not feel as fatigued when I reach my destination. As an example, a 10 hour trip to visit family (11-12 hours including stops) I can do by myself in one day with the comma device instead of stopping halfway, or splitting driving time with someone else. For shorter trips (3-6 hours), I arrive to my destination with more energy than when I drive without these features. I am also able to focus more on potential obstacles further down the road than without it.
I think my device has already paid for itself thanks to a couple year period where I had to do that 12 hour trip I mentioned a couple times per month. Plus it is a really nice dash cam.
paulryanrogers|9 months ago
How can you be confident the system is at least as reliable with the concerns you are less focused on?
mdaniel|9 months ago
I'm surprised you've even had any success. Are you a Comma Prime subscriber or something? Because mine absolutely gives no shits about red (or yellow!) lights, stop signs, "danger, sharp curve ahead," nothing. If it's the open road, lucky me. If there's the slightest decision to make, best to disengage
overstay8930|9 months ago
paulryanrogers|9 months ago