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The report from Tesla says the autopilot didn't see the truck because the "white side of the tractor trailer" mathched "a brightly lit sky". It doesn't mention
by pbw 10y ago
The report from Tesla says the autopilot didn't see the truck because the "white side of the tractor trailer" mathched "a brightly lit sky". It doesn't mention radar which should have had a huge signature. On twitter Musk addresses radar and says "radar tunes out what looks like an overhead road sign to avoid false braking events".
Isn't the obvious question why does it also tune out huge overhead road signs which are moving from left to right across the road?
- jsprogrammer 10y agoAnother obviousness: why would you tune out a sign that is at a height which the vehicle will impact?
- legohead 10y agoThe answer is simple -- they still have logic to work out. One of the recent SpaceX rockets crashed on the landing because of some basic missing logic. One of the 3 rockets wasn't able to produce the expected thrust. [1] The is an easy solution: the other 2 rockets increase thrust to compensate, but this logic didn't exist. [1] http://gizmodo.com/spacex-just-crashed-a-rocket-right-into-its-drone-ship-1782029453 http://gizmodo.com/spacex-just-crashed-a-rocket-right-into-i...
- greglindahl 10y agoIt's more difficult than you make it sound, because the engines can't throttle below 70% or above 100%. They don't call it a "suicide burn" for nothing.