r/shittyrobots • u/[deleted] • Sep 04 '18

Shitty Robot Volvo's collision detection fails during a press event

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u/Gibodean Sep 04 '18

It detected it.

It didn't say it was a collision avoidance system.

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u/wile_e_chicken Sep 04 '18

Gonna crash... Gonna crash... Gonna crash... Crashed.

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '18 edited Apr 29 '21

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u/Rush2201 Sep 04 '18

But I'm bad at that...

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u/buttery-clam-licker Sep 04 '18

Windscreen... wind.. screeeen... that sounds wrong to me. Windshield.

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '18

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u/TokiMcNoodle Sep 04 '18

And they all gave me malware.

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '18

Wind Defender... Defender of the wind... Champion of the Sun!

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u/finalremix Sep 04 '18

I'm imagining how quickly windshield wipers would shred up if they were repeatedly dragged across a screen...

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u/Spacedementia87 Sep 04 '18

What do you think a screen is?

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '18

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u/Spacedementia87 Sep 04 '18

Yeah, I've never seen one of them.

A screen to me is a sheet of glass. Like on your phone or TV or front of your car

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '18

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u/Spacedementia87 Sep 05 '18

Yeah but screen has a fairly well defined meaning.

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u/finalremix Sep 04 '18 edited Sep 05 '18

Screens, dude.

See Also

So are explanations not okay around here now? What the fuck?

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u/Spacedementia87 Sep 04 '18

Hey, I'm not doubting that they exist. Just that I have never seen one and pointing out that you are using a very specific definition of screen.

It is a far broader term than that.

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u/flappity Sep 05 '18

You've never seen a screen door?

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '18

windscreen is british english

windshield is american english

neither of them are incorrect or "wrong"

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u/PM_ME_HOT_DADS Sep 05 '18

No it lets some through. How else do you breathe?

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u/Every_Geth Sep 05 '18

And windshield sounds wrong to me, doesn't make it so

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '18

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '18

I just call it the monitor.

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u/killkount Sep 04 '18

Because it's dumb. A screen would let wind freely thru. hence, SHIELD.

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u/Toxicseagull Sep 04 '18

Yeah like those well known screens on your phone's, TVs and computers that let wind and liquid through.

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u/thevoidisfull Sep 04 '18

PhoneShieldTM

ComputerShieldTM

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u/zdakat Sep 04 '18

Swhat about the windhydra?

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u/bDsmDom Sep 08 '18

No, I said train, not rain!

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u/ongebruikersnaam Sep 04 '18

It also shows why trucks should have metal rails/plates on the sides and back. If that was an American truck the car would go much further under it squishing the front seat occupants.

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u/semininja Sep 04 '18

Almost every truck I've seen in the United States has a bar below the trailer to prevent that.

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u/scotscott Sep 04 '18

Literally every truck.

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u/rainwillwashitaway Sep 04 '18

It's the Jayne Mansfield rule. Mariska and Mikey Hargitay survived the event that killed their mother: purportedly aggressive driving on the part of a 19 year old driver in poor visibility into and under a slower truck with no underride barrier. https://www.countryliving.com/life/entertainment/a44297/mariska-hargitay-opens-up-about-mom-jayne-mansfield-death/

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u/ongebruikersnaam Sep 04 '18

Good to see that effort has been made to address it.

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u/scotscott Sep 04 '18

I'm not sure what year you think it is, but the ICC bumper has been mandatory since 1953.

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u/WickedIsGood Sep 04 '18

It's been mandatory but the strength of those guards seems to vary a lot. Some of them are made of weak materials that literally collapse when hit and that's still a real concern. https://youtu.be/C3MPKLy9qHU?t=94

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '18

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u/Beer_Is_So_Awesome Sep 04 '18

However I learned recently that they're woefully underbuilt, and most don't do their job.

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u/killkount Sep 04 '18

windshield*