Re:Ford CEO says the company 'overestimated' self-driving cars
by Animats on Friday April 12, 2019 @02:26PM
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"Here, in the bay area, there are a number of companies that got large amounts of funding trying to do self driving with cameras and computer vision alone. They'll fail."
Probably right.
..."which leaves the traditional robotics sensing approach of Waymo and Cruise. These guys will have something workable first, but it won't be safe enough to be considered L4 or L5 anytime soon."
L4, with slowdowns when the data is iffy, is probably achievable with available technology. If you're willing to accept occasional hard braking, and situations where the vehicle stops safely and asks the driver to take over. Customer acceptance problem with that.
Probably right.
..."which leaves the traditional robotics sensing approach of Waymo and Cruise. These guys will have something workable first, but it won't be safe enough to be considered L4 or L5 anytime soon."
L4, with slowdowns when the data is iffy, is probably achievable with available technology. If you're willing to accept occasional hard braking, and situations where the vehicle stops safely and asks the driver to take over. Customer acceptance problem with that.