Re:Tesla Vision Update: Replacing Ultrasonic Sensors with Te...
by serf on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @05:45PM
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>The reason why they decided to remove ultrasonics is that combining contradictory signals from cameras and ultrasonic is not straightforward.
It's fairly well known that nearly any kind of sensor fusion 'is not straightforward'. If that's a fact that was just recently discovered by Tesla -- causing a recent change in their lineup only now -- .... well, i'll just say that it speaks to Tesla's confidence being greater than their technological prowess.
I don't think that's the underlying issue here myself. I think this change is likely caused by an effort to get away from certain vendors and ship cars more rapidly.
>What should have the higher precedence?
again, this isn't a new problem and there are volumes of resources regarding that. It's a tough problem, but not new.
It's fairly well known that nearly any kind of sensor fusion 'is not straightforward'. If that's a fact that was just recently discovered by Tesla -- causing a recent change in their lineup only now -- .... well, i'll just say that it speaks to Tesla's confidence being greater than their technological prowess.
I don't think that's the underlying issue here myself. I think this change is likely caused by an effort to get away from certain vendors and ship cars more rapidly.
>What should have the higher precedence?
again, this isn't a new problem and there are volumes of resources regarding that. It's a tough problem, but not new.