We’ve all been worried about AI taking our jobs or robots taking over the country, but Lamborghini’s new idea may take tech in a more irritating direction. The automaker recently spoke with The Drive, telling the publication that it’s working on AI-driven tech that could help compensate for drivers’ bad behavior in real time.
Lamborghini CTO Rouven Mohr told The Drive, “we are already using AI – it’s not fully AI, it’s a kind of first step machine learning – for the torque management that is adopting torque distribution based on the surface and on the driving style of the driver.” He also noted that future cars may be able to identify the driver’s emotional state and adapt accordingly.
While it’s easy to imagine a range of scenarios when an AI-powered vehicle could be annoying or even frightening, Mohr said the automaker would use the technologies to improve the driver experience, too. “Because if the car would be smart enough to detect if you want to have fun if the car is going a little bit more sideways, theoretically the algorithm could say, ‘okay, this guy wants to have a little more side angle,’ and it’s managing that rotation of the car in a different way.”
Future Lamborghinis may also step in to assist the driver on track, helping smooth out inputs and deliver better lap times. “If the algorithm is recognizing every time, every corner, unfortunately the driver is using too much steering angle, it’ll create more understeer,” Mohr noted.
A new “6D Sensor” powers the system, forming a single, centralized sensor to replace dozens of individual units. The shift shortens communication times between sensors and the hardware they control, which is necessary when the car is doing so much to assist the driver.
While we don’t know when the new technology is coming, Lamborghini teased the new sensor setup in the Fenomeno a short while ago, so it could arrive sooner than later. That said, we prefer our Lambos without a robotic driving assistant.
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