Why Lidar for cars is Doomed

Posted by aiur on Friday February 05, 2021 @05:03PM
from the voltequity.com dept.

https://www.voltequity.com/article/why-lidar-is-doomed?source=content_type%3Areact%7Cfirst_level_url%3Aarticle%7Csection%3Amain_content%7Cbutton%3Abody_link

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Re:Why Lidar for cars is Doomed by UncleMeat on Saturday February 06, 2021 @09:33AM (#26046730)

I don't understand why people keep insisting on bringing up Musk's undergrad degree as somehow evidence of his expertise. Four years of schooling many decades ago isn't a relevant "background in physics" to demonstrate that Musk is right and all of the other engineers working at competitors are wrong.

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Re:Why Lidar for cars is Doomed by karmakaze on Saturday February 06, 2021 @01:23PM (#26048587)

An intelligent 'driving brain' with LIDAR data can be better than one with camera data. It's probably also easier to do well with Lidar. As such Lidar might be viewed as a crutch, if and when the brain functions well without it.

I don't think anyone disputes these things. The main point of disagreement is 'when'.

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Re:Why Lidar for cars is Doomed by jondiggsit on Saturday February 06, 2021 @08:26PM (#26051788)

Question- hasn’t the cost of LIDAR equipment dropped drastically in the past year or two?

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Re:Why Lidar for cars is Doomed by kumarvvr on Saturday February 06, 2021 @08:05AM (#26046244)

People like Musk are proof that MBAs are overhyped.

Would an MBA think like this about a Lidar?

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