CTRedCanyon
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Exciting progress! Lukas Lötkolben aka loetkolben on the Comma AI discord, have put in an amazing amount of effort and work and been able to partially port over OpenPilot to the Gen 1 R1 platform!
For those who have no idea what I'm talking about, OpenPilot is an opensource self-driving software that runs on a device called a Comma (current model is called Comma 3X), giving Tesla Autopilot type self driving functions on all streets - surface roads, highways, even unpaved and unmarked roads. I personally used it on past vehicles, and in my opinion it is the second best self-driving system on the market, behind FSD. The fact that someone is taking the time to make it work for the vehicles Rivian has basically abandoned is amazing! One tester reportedly drove 35 minutes on autopilot.
To be clear, this project is still in development, and additional work needs to be done to control the acceleration/deceleration, as well as fine tune some of the steering controls. It's not ready for prime time just yet. But this is a major milestone.
I am going to be buying an early access harness from loetkolben to help with the development, which is what will be needed to hook up the C3X device on the windshield to the factory cameras and other systems of the car. If anyone is interested in helping this project I'd recommend reaching out to him for a harness, as he said, it'll probably be cheaper later but buying one now helps make this possible.
Anyways, thought I would share the exciting progress with the rest of the Rivian community - there is hope! Our vehicles will very likely have vastly improved driving capabilities soon.
Comma AI Discord if you want to help/contribute to development: https://discord.comma.ai/
For those who have no idea what I'm talking about, OpenPilot is an opensource self-driving software that runs on a device called a Comma (current model is called Comma 3X), giving Tesla Autopilot type self driving functions on all streets - surface roads, highways, even unpaved and unmarked roads. I personally used it on past vehicles, and in my opinion it is the second best self-driving system on the market, behind FSD. The fact that someone is taking the time to make it work for the vehicles Rivian has basically abandoned is amazing! One tester reportedly drove 35 minutes on autopilot.
To be clear, this project is still in development, and additional work needs to be done to control the acceleration/deceleration, as well as fine tune some of the steering controls. It's not ready for prime time just yet. But this is a major milestone.
I am going to be buying an early access harness from loetkolben to help with the development, which is what will be needed to hook up the C3X device on the windshield to the factory cameras and other systems of the car. If anyone is interested in helping this project I'd recommend reaching out to him for a harness, as he said, it'll probably be cheaper later but buying one now helps make this possible.
Anyways, thought I would share the exciting progress with the rest of the Rivian community - there is hope! Our vehicles will very likely have vastly improved driving capabilities soon.
Comma AI Discord if you want to help/contribute to development: https://discord.comma.ai/
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