PS3 Enters DARPA Urban Challenge 39
billdar writes "Terrasoft Solutions posted an article on their development
of a stereo vision object detection system built upon Sony's PS3 for Axion Racing's entry into the DARPA Urban Challenge. The PS3 running Yellow Dog Linux replaced one of the on-board Dell servers to process the realtime stereoscopic sensor data. The whole system was developed and integrated onto the vehicle in ten days. So far, Spirit has been making the competition's highlight reels."
Could've been worse (Score:3, Interesting)
Does it revert back to form... (Score:3, Funny)
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not done? (Score:3, Funny)
It's not like this is a Z-80 with 8KB of ram.
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Instead, they're proving that the Cell processor is better suited to its original intent of supercomputing-on-a-chip
Are you saying that super computers can't play games? Curious since games are nothing more than physics simulations, expert systems and visualization and all truly high-end physics simulations, expert systems (even AI) and visualizations are done on supercomputers. If you take the physics, AI and visualization out of the game then pretty much all games would run just fine on 20 year old consoles and the Cell processor would handle it on a single SPE. I just don't see how showing the processing power of th
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Apparently more than one of you disagree with me (even think I'm trolling), so perhaps so
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What are the specs on these servers? Are older Pentium 4 servers being replaced, or are they newer machines?
Then again, if a new Dell server (dual quadcore for example) could do the job all on it's own, thats' $3,000 compared to $600 for the PS3. Impressive showing, and a good use of the specialized hardware that the Cell brings to the table.
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You may ask yourself, "wtf?" Well it's all about job. If your task is highly parellized vector processing, than chances are good that the PS3 is an awesome fit. Let's see how fast the PS3 can, say, compiler C source code compared a core 2 processor, etc...
Not saying the PS3 doesn't look like a cool platform, just it's kinda funny that each of these stories act as if it's newsworthy. Like saying "powered by linux" whenever Linu
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Fixed it for ya.
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It's been my understanding that most console manufacturers lose money with each system that is sold and then, in turn, profit from game sales and licensing. If people are buying PS3s for everything but gaming it really has to be eating a hole in SONY's pockets.
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PS3 and the Current Gen (Score:3, Insightful)
For the PS3, these are the games I'd recommend if you insist on getting one:
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It's not really relevant that you don't like the PS3's games very much. The fact is that the PS3 is far from gameless, as I was explaining through a mere couple of examples. I certainly agree that the 360 has more and better games, but again, it's a simple fact that the PS3 has improved a lot in this area.
Certainly, you are omitting a hell of a lot of really fine games for the PS3 by stating definitively that there are only three great PS3 games. How many
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It wasn't really intended as a response to your comment. More like adding my own view to yours.
Having played the previous R&C games, the new one bored me so much that I did not even manage to finish the Demo. So I would say that the Wii has dozens of games "as nice as Ratchet."
Yes, from the point of view from somebody who mainly
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seriously will this "the PS3 isn't used for gaming" meme just die already? no, its not the dominant system, but I am not unhappy with mine, and neither are the other people I know that own one. The fanboyism, it burnss us.
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(I kid! I kid!)
Re:Another Reason to Buy One! (Score:5, Informative)
So shut the hell up already. The PS3 is doing just fine, despite what y'all naysayers are moaning about.
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Any article pointing out Microsoft's misdoings gets tons of attention yet it seems that the same crowd is very positive towards the XBox 360. Compare the number of posts on an average Slashdot XBox article (Halo 3, hello!) versus a PS3 article.
It would be nice to know whether you people think it is reasonable to own a 360 and still be opposing MS and its associated business methods.
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It isn't uncommon on here to dislike business practices and still like the product. For example, a typical Slashdotter likes their iPod but doesn't like the vendor lock-in on the iPhones. This site is pro-Linux and many people don't appreciate the monopolistic crap that MS often gets away with. But in the gaming market, they are actually the little guy trying to break in to a market controlled by two giants. Peo
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$3,050 and it only took him five days to blow his cover.
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Re:Another Reason to Buy One! (Score:4, Insightful)
Right now Microsoft is using Windows to entice companies to develop for the XBox 360. They buy exclusives left and right with the Windows tax that we pay. At the same time, they are forcing people to pay a monthly fee to play online, something that was once taken for granted. They force people to buy non-standard components, and they've made it the norm to have multiple versions of the same type of console. Does this sound like Windows? Imagine if they were to become the dominant player in the industry?
Not to mention they've succeeded in their viral campaign... notice that the most fanatic fanboys are XBox 360 owners? It could be that their main demographic - 13-25 year-old males that play shooters, are more prone to fanboyism and trolling Internet blogs to incite flamewars. If you take a look at each console's Wikipedia history, you'll see that the PS3 has had far more requests for protection than the 360.
Having said that, Microsoft's entry into the console market has helped Sony move forward with price cuts and enhancements - just don't hope that Microsoft gains a foothold - once that happens, it's a slow war of attrition until Microsoft comes out on top.
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Microsoft spent a lot of money to beat Sony, and they will expect me and other gamers to give them that money back. Then they will use that money to build TVs or something.
But I think that eventually a company becomes too unfocused and large and becomes inneffective. Look at Office 2007. Vista is more of a flop than XP ever was. They need to focus on Windows and Office if they expect to
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First of all, more than one person posts on /., so having a double-standard hardly applies.
Second, it's perfectly possible to think that Microsoft is evil, or bad, or behaves unethical, while still acknowleding that the games selection on the 360 is great, and the 360 has a lot of strong points.
Personally, I despise Microsoft. I own a PS3 and a Wii. The Wii is great, but as of now, it doesn't get a lot of hardco
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> opposing MS and its associated business methods.
Yes, because I don't really believe in the political consumer. I believe a good citizen should use his wallet to buy the legal goods he find the best value, and his vote to get the politicians who will protect the market from trusts, and ensure the goods are produced ethically. The market works best that way.
And if you want to play politics with your wallet,
Ah yes... (Score:1)
Problems under the hood (Score:2, Interesting)
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Basically, the PS3 grabs a handle and opens a data connection to each camera. Thats the slowest part of the system. The reads are done simultaneously in different threads. Pulling the next frames require both current reads to complete first. Grabbing the data from the cameras is limited by USB bandwidth and the capture speed of the cameras.
That ends up giving you a worst-case sync deviation of