The death of self-driving cars is greatly exaggerated

Re:The death of self-driving cars is greatly exaggerated by leobg on Sunday June 04, 2023 @01:21PM (#36187440)

Thanks not the full argument, actually. The argument is:

You’ll need to solve vision anyway. Because you need to know what the object is. Is it a trash can or is it a dog? Will it move or stay?

If you had LiDAR, you’d still need sensor fusion with a camera to answer those questions, introducing more problems.

That’s why Elon says that any company that relies on LiDAR is doomed. LiDAR isn’t the gold standard - it’s the low hanging fruit.

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Re:The death of self-driving cars is greatly exaggerated by seanmcdirmid on Sunday June 04, 2023 @01:28PM (#36187508)

It remains to be seen: Musk is making a bet that Tesla could win big or lose here. It is an interesting bet to be sure, but Waymo's bet is as well (sensor fusion, and LIDAR will become affordable over time). I like that we have some diversity in the bets being made at least.

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