Re:Tesla ‘on Autopilot’ slams into parked fire truck on freeway
by JustSomeNobody on Monday January 22, 2018 @09:02PM
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Wait, so is non (human-) visible wavelengths not part of the autopilot system?
Re:Tesla ‘on Autopilot’ slams into parked fire truck on freeway
by kuschku on Monday January 22, 2018 @09:04PM
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Tesla, to save money, is trying to build autopilot from regular video cameras in visible spectrum. EDIT: Some models still contain other sensors, but Musk has been trying to go with purely optical for a long time.
Re:Tesla ‘on Autopilot’ slams into parked fire truck on freeway
by michael_storm on Monday January 22, 2018 @09:42PM
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Why is this person downvoted? That is a true, relevant, and dispassionate statement.
Re:Tesla ‘on Autopilot’ slams into parked fire truck on freeway
by jeffasinger on Monday January 22, 2018 @09:22PM
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I really think they're going to have to consider using forward facing radar as well.
Re:Tesla ‘on Autopilot’ slams into parked fire truck on freeway
by toomuchtodo on Monday January 22, 2018 @09:24PM
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They do. After the Florida crash, they lean even more heavily on the forward facing radar.
https://www.tesla.com/blog/upgrading-autopilot-seeing-world-...
Will this turn out to be another "brightly lit sky" autopilot bug, like the 2016 semi truck incident?
https://www.tesla.com/blog/tragic-loss "Neither Autopilot nor the driver noticed the white side of the tractor trailer against a brightly lit sky, so the brake was not applied"