Re:Camera Crushes Lidar, Claims Startup
by afterburner on Thursday August 24, 2023 @04:41PM
(#37254271)
Even simpler: if one sensor tells you confidently there's something in your way, and the other doesn't, assume there's something in your way.
The problem in this particular case is that the sensor may be confidently telling you there's something in the way, but in reality it's just a plastic bag. Hard braking at 70mph on a highway as if you were about to hit a concrete wall is probably not a great outcome in this scenario if there's somebody behind you.
It did get me thinking about different senses and how I prioritize them. Given that humans strongest sense is visual, it's interesting to me that the priorities of what to trust seem opposite of my expectations. It seems to me that visual signals are seemingly least "trusted" compared to the other senses. As if the logic goes, "my sense of smell is so bad that if it detects danger, it must be very dangerous".
Similarly, I'm sure dogs can smell rotting flesh long before meat is unsafe.