Watch this 2021 Toyota GR Supra Drift on its own

Drift is already cool, but on its own drifting in the name of science is much cooler. The Toyota Research Institute has partnered with Stanford University to develop safer cars for regular drivers by making its GR Supra 2021 derive from itself. Let’s see why.

As the Toyota website says, “Engineers are researching how to combine the instinct of professional drivers with automated driving technology. Their goal is to engineer a new level of active safety technology and share it widely so that Toyota and other automakers can deploy it on the road. “

In other words, professional drivers have spent their lives developing their reflexes. These skills often have to do with reflexes and intuition, which are things a computer still struggles to reproduce, especially at high speeds or under difficult circumstances. Use these professional pilots to teach autonomous systems how to perform better in situations where they need to make quick decisions.

He also looks sick as hell.

“Every day there are fatal vehicle crashes that result from extreme situations where most drivers would need superhuman skills to avoid a collision, “ Gill Pratt, CEO of TRI and Chief Scientist at Toyota, said. “The reality is that every driver has vulnerabilities, and to avoid an accident, drivers often have to perform maneuvers that are beyond their capabilities.”

Toyota notes that most drivers do not require these aforementioned superhuman skills, but it is always good to plan for extreme eventualities. High speed highway collisions require quick reflexes. By now, self-driving cars know how to handle these situations, but the main goal now is to avoid them altogether.

To learn more about the study, see the “Opening of new dimensions: planning and control of vehicle movement using drift brakes published by Stanford University.