
Comma.ai Comma Two hardware mounted below rearview mirror The device attaches below the vehicle’s existing Lane Keeping camera.
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It includes a souped-up cell phone with cameras to monitor the road as well as the driver to ensure the driver is watching the road. It’s available starting on the company’s website in addition to a EON developer kit. In addition to the openpilot software, Comma.ai released a new version of its aftermarket driver assistance system, called Comma Two, making installation relatively plug-and-play. The big news is the new hardware package. By tapping into the CAN bus, openpilot is able to sense the environment and respond to it by maneuvering the vehicle. It achieves this magic by talking to the vehicle’s CAN bus that manages sensor and vehicle control data. Similar to what Cadillac and Tesla provide. Importantly, it’s not an autonomous driving system (think Waymo) and is more like other cars with autopilot in that it is primarily Adaptive Cruise Control (with stop-and-go capabilities) along with Lane Centering. To be clear, openpilot is a Level 2 software system (see What are SAE Self-Driving Levels?) and requires constant driver attention. While other auto manufacturers have cautiously added features, Comma.ai and the community have been improving openpilot. Rightfully so, government agencies have been hesitant to unleash self-driving cars on the public, so engineers and hackers have Openpilot Software The goal of open-sourcing the software, called EON, is to democratize and accelerate the rollout of self-driving features which ideally help reduce driver fatigue, errors and accidents. So Comma.ai open-sourced the software, called ‘openpilot’, making it available to the public. Initially, the company hit several roadblocks after government regulators prohibited the sale of the device due to noncompliance with regulatory standards. In this article we’ll detail the Comma.ai openpilot solution and how it compares. Some YouTubers have even compared openpilot vs.


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Now Comma.ai has a full hardware and software package (using openpilot) that brings Tesla Autopilot features to modern cars. Hotz that these vehicles could be upgraded with an aftermarket DIY driver assistance system to support more robust Autopilot capabilities than they ship with initially. Most vehicles sold today have drive-by-wire capabilities with the ability to control steering acceleration and braking. In September 2015, George Hotz, a famous Apple hacker, founded Comma.ai with the goal of creating an Autopilot-like system that could be adapted to almost any modern car.
