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Re:Tesla ‘on Autopilot’ slams into parked fire truck on freeway by JustSomeNobody on Monday January 22, 2018 @09:02PM (#16210251)
Wait, so is non (human-) visible wavelengths not part of the autopilot system?
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Re:Tesla ‘on Autopilot’ slams into parked fire truck on freeway by kuschku on Monday January 22, 2018 @09:04PM (#16210266)
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.
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Re:Tesla ‘on Autopilot’ slams into parked fire truck on freeway by michael_storm on Monday January 22, 2018 @09:42PM (#16210505)
Why is this person downvoted? That is a true, relevant, and dispassionate statement.
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Re:Tesla ‘on Autopilot’ slams into parked fire truck on freeway by jeffasinger on Monday January 22, 2018 @09:22PM (#16210383)
I really think they're going to have to consider using forward facing radar as well.
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Re:Tesla ‘on Autopilot’ slams into parked fire truck on freeway by toomuchtodo on Monday January 22, 2018 @09:24PM (#16210402)
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-...

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