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Re:Waymo and Uber partner to bring Waymo’s technology to the... by mensetmanusman on Wednesday May 24, 2023 @06:35PM (#36064708)
Lidar only works to a certain subset of distances, so you need cameras anyway to infer long distances beyond the scope. Also, since distance alone isn’t sufficient, you need cameras anyway for inference of other things.
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Re:Waymo and Uber partner to bring Waymo’s technology to the... by ra7 on Wednesday May 24, 2023 @08:02PM (#36065545)
Lidar works up to 300 meters. That’s plenty for highway driving. Everyone using lidar also use multiple cameras so they are getting best of both worlds (using sensor fusion).
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