davel [he/him]@lemmy.ml to Self Driving Cars@lemmy.mlEnglish · 9 months agoWaymo recalls software after two self-driving cars hit the same truckwww.cnn.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up111arrow-down12file-textcross-posted to: news@lemmy.worldhackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fans
arrow-up19arrow-down1external-linkWaymo recalls software after two self-driving cars hit the same truckwww.cnn.comdavel [he/him]@lemmy.ml to Self Driving Cars@lemmy.mlEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square3fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: news@lemmy.worldhackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fans
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·9 months agoYet another reason that solely camera-based vision is insufficient. We understand how tow trucks work because of experience, association and inference. In the absence of this, LiDAR, RADAR, or even simple ToF ought to prevent such a collision.
minus-squareTechnoguyfication@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·9 months agoYou’ve clearly never seen a Waymo before. They have Lidar and Radar sensors all over them.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoAnd yet this failure is being blamed on the vision system.
Yet another reason that solely camera-based vision is insufficient. We understand how tow trucks work because of experience, association and inference. In the absence of this, LiDAR, RADAR, or even simple ToF ought to prevent such a collision.
You’ve clearly never seen a Waymo before. They have Lidar and Radar sensors all over them.
And yet this failure is being blamed on the vision system.