REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsABU DHABI, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Formula One's governing body is trialling artificial intelligence (AI) to tackle track limits breaches at this weekend's season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
The Paris-based FIA said it would be using 'Computer Vision' technology that uses shape analysis to work out the number of pixels going past the track edge.
By the title-deciding Qatar weekend in October there were eight people assigned to assess track limits and monitor 820 corner passes, with 141 reports sent to race control who then deleted 51 laps.
Stewards said this month that their inability to properly enforce track limits violations at turn six was "completely unsatisfactory" and a solution needed to be found before the start of next season.
Malyon said the extra Computer Vision layer would reduce the number of potential infringements being considered by the ROC, with still fewer then going on to race control for further action.
Persons:
Dado Ruvic, ABU, Abu, Tim Malyon, Malyon, I’ve, Alan Baldwin, Toby Davis
Organizations:
REUTERS, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, FIA, October's U.S, Prix, Stewards, Computer, Thomson
Locations:
ABU DHABI, Abu Dhabi Grand, Paris, Qatar, Austin, ROC, London