Uber Self-Driving Car That Struck Pedestrian Wasn’t Set to Stop in an Emergency

Re:Uber Self-Driving Car That Struck Pedestrian Wasn’t Set t... by athenot on Thursday May 24, 2018 @02:48PM (#17147060)

There's the third option of slowing down. That's what most human drivers do subconsciously when we see something that we're having trouble identify, and feel it could turn into an obstacle.

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Re:Uber Self-Driving Car That Struck Pedestrian Wasn’t Set t... by r00fus on Friday May 25, 2018 @12:16AM (#17150562)

This too. An electric car would simple decelerate by letting off the gas pedal and having the regen kick in. On a gas car this would be equivalent to a partial braking.

Shouldn't the brake application be not boolean but 0-100% strength based on confidence levels?

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