Autonomous Tandem Drift Sequence

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Toyota Research Institute and Stanford Engineering Achieve World’s First Fully Autonomous Tandem Drift Sequence

 Toyota Research Institute (TRI) and Stanford Engineering announced a world first in driving research: autonomously drifting two cars in tandem. For nearly seven years, the teams have collaborated on research to make driving safer. The experiments automate a motorsports maneuver called “drifting,” where a driver precisely controls a vehicle’s direction after breaking traction by spinning the rear tires—a skill transferable…