<story><title>Udacity plans to build its own open-source self-driving car</title><url>https://techcrunch.com/2016/09/13/udacity-plans-to-build-its-own-open-source-self-driving-car/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>SwellJoe</author><text>Given how important self-driving vehicles are, on so many fronts, I think it&amp;#x27;s fantastic that a company with resources is pushing forward an OSS implementation. Safety alone is reason enough for there to be a good OSS reference implementation. I&amp;#x27;m surprised&amp;#x2F;disappointed that government hasn&amp;#x27;t been more instrumental in pushing forward an agenda of promoting self-driving cars (while expending resources on other types of work that will be far less effective long-term).&lt;p&gt;So, this is super cool. I&amp;#x27;m surprised it&amp;#x27;s Udacity doing it; on a couple of fronts:&lt;p&gt;It seems, on the surface, outside of their core competency...but thinking about it, it does make some sense, if they really have enough paying students (and maybe sponsoring organizations) to make it work. I mean, schools that teach auto repair don&amp;#x27;t work on fake cars. Why would a school teaching self-driving limit themselves to simulated cars?&lt;p&gt;But, it&amp;#x27;s also surprising that Udacity has the funds to make it work. The cost of building self-driving car technology must have come way down just in the past few years. And&amp;#x2F;or Udacity must be making a lot more money than I would have guessed based on how crowded their market is.&lt;p&gt;Regardless, it&amp;#x27;s super cool!</text></comment>
<story><title>Udacity plans to build its own open-source self-driving car</title><url>https://techcrunch.com/2016/09/13/udacity-plans-to-build-its-own-open-source-self-driving-car/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>olivercameron</author><text>Hello everyone! Former YC founder here (S11) who now works at Udacity on this team. I&amp;#x27;d love to answer any questions on this project or our autonomous vehicles curriculum, and welcome you to our enthusiasts Slack team (&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;nd013.udacity.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;nd013.udacity.com&lt;/a&gt;).</text></comment>