Installed a CommaAI OpenPilot self driving system last night. 

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08/27/2018 at 09:13 • Filed to: Self Driving, Comma.ai, openpilot, autopilot

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(not on my car, my junk is all too old) I guess AMA.

If we seem excited in the video, we are. We had just spent a lot of time troubleshooting and this was the first successful run.

Friend bought a 2019 pilot with all the goodies required (specifically for this). With less than 100 miles on it we got !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! installed.

The giraffe (one of the connectors that lets the system tap into the cars existing network) was backwards thanks to a change Honda made from 2018->2019, and we required a special build (that someone had gotten into their GIT repo two days ago) but after some fiddling it all worked.

If you’re not aware of how it works, they have made the self driving feature an extension of the car’s super cruise functionality. You set the cruise and assuming the box was running correctly on car startup it turns green and viola.

It’s extremely seamless, uses the car to display warnings still, etc. outside of the 3D printed phone case hanging off the windshield it feels very polished.


DISCUSSION (7)


Kinja'd!!! Mercedes Streeter > getFuckedHerb
08/27/2018 at 09:42

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Ooooooh I love this!!! My girlfriend is going to be using a similar system for her build in her current gen Civic. As it turns out, these Hondas make a great platform.

Of course, she's like me in that she's mainly doing it for the occasional novelty and the sense of accomplishment that comes from such a bonkers project.


Kinja'd!!! TysMagic > getFuckedHerb
08/27/2018 at 09:43

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idk how to ask what I want to know - this is really nifty 


Kinja'd!!! kgman > getFuckedHerb
08/27/2018 at 10:33

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That’s really cool, do you have any more videos? 


Kinja'd!!! kanadanmajava1 > getFuckedHerb
08/27/2018 at 13:10

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“Note: This product is not designed to drive a car. This product is designed to be a dashcam.”

I d o n ’ t g e t i t . T h e d e v i c e c l a i m s t o b e a d a s h c a m b u t giving it some access to v e h i c l e ’ s c o n t r o l s , i t suddenly becomes an artificial driver?


Kinja'd!!! getFuckedHerb > kanadanmajava1
08/27/2018 at 14:11

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The Comma Neo is hardware that is sold as a dashcam. Add a “Development” kit with the Giraffe and the Panda and load different software (the OpenPilot software) and it’s now an open source driving agent.


Kinja'd!!! kanadanmajava1 > getFuckedHerb
08/27/2018 at 15:12

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It sounds like the makers don’t want to get sued in case someone has an accident.


Kinja'd!!! getFuckedHerb > kanadanmajava1
08/27/2018 at 18:14

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They aren’t interested in playing within regulations. Thus, they do not ship autonomous car controllers.

https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/28/comma-ai-cancels-the-comma-one-following-nhtsa-letter/