Re: Valentino Rossi Vs Motobot - Who is faster?

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Re: Valentino Rossi Vs Motobot - Who is faster?

So, Motobot is 32+ seconds late, in a race Rossi might have even taken casually.
Rider Journalists often clock times around 15-25 seconds late (per lap) than MotoGP stars, in an unprepared, test ride state.

Unscientific comparison, I know. But, you know what that means? It means first Motobot has to match the commmon racers, before he takes on Rossi.


I think it will take a few years for Motobot to catch Rossi.

The reason is that a lot of racing is in the details, details about when you stay in grip, when you lose grip, when you lock brakes, etc. and none of these features are constant, because a cold tyre locks up easier than a warm/ hot one. Plus grip levels change with tyre mileage, a worn out tyre giving lesser life.

A human like you or me, understands this easily and adjusts (though not with same accuracy as Rossi).
A human also learns automatically, with practice, by locking up tyres, playing with grip, experimenting, etc.


Bring in an external factor like dampness, or rain, and you will not place your money on the dumb robocop.


To make a machine learn all this, you have to have a whole lot of sensors, and riding adjustment modes. Yes, riding modes for motobot, as to how aggressively it rides on the track, one with more than 16 steps if possible, from most aggressive for dry conditions to least aggressive for wet or bad tyres.
Because you can't feed each braking point and re-acceleration point every time the temperature & weather changes...


Still, I hopefully said "Few years", because even motorcycles have amazing electronics nowadays.
They can contribute to reduce Motobot's mistakes...
For example, teach Motobot to squeeze the brakes constantly, because the R1m has ABS, isn't it?

So, future ain't that bad for our tin can friend.