Tesla's 'Autopilot' Will Make Mistakes. Humans Will Overreact

Re:Tesla's 'Autopilot' Will Make Mistakes. Humans Will Overr... by Animats on Sunday July 03, 2016 @05:21PM (#12027677)

Volvo has placed radars at the top center of the windshield. They had a blind spot at bumper level, so later Volvo systems added a second radar down there. And a LIDAR. [1] One radar at bumper level is just enough to keep from rear-ending the car in front. That's not enough for a hands-off "autopilot". You need at least two, or beam steering in elevation, like the Fujitsu unit.[2] (Although that has only ±9° of elevation, not enough at bumper level to eliminate the need for a higher sensor.)

[1] http://www.pcworld.com/article/2025386/volvo-v40-watches-the... [2] http://www.fujitsu-ten.com/business/technicaljournal/pdf/38-...

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Re:Tesla's 'Autopilot' Will Make Mistakes. Humans Will Overr... by joshdickson on Sunday July 03, 2016 @06:37PM (#12027949)

I had not seen some of that Volvo tech, thanks for the link. Ultimately the radar portion is going to be more three dimensional tech still in the bumper. It's a struggle financially to get a single one of these sensors on a commodity vehicle, so the tech is focused on how to do more with that. Still, what Volvo is doing with the technology available is very interesting transitional technology.

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