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I don't think these autopilot systems will work well in crowded cities or cities with poor infrastructure for roads. The amount of objects for detecting and av

by rvalue 9y ago

I don't think these autopilot systems will work well in crowded cities or cities with poor infrastructure for roads. The amount of objects for detecting and avoiding will be way too high. The tests shows almost clear conditions for driving. This should be tested on streets of NY or a busy city like Mumbai

rvalue 9y ago
Also, why isn't there a test for night time ?
jklinger410 9y ago
What a controversial opinion /s
akira2501 9y ago
> I don't think these autopilot systems will work well in crowded cities or cities with poor infrastructure for roads. I would _love_ to see some serious "read team" testing of these exact issues with driverless cars. Pedestrian issues, weather issues, mixed-use roads, roads with construction crews, roads with simulated accident scenes, roads with physical damage/flooding/large debris. I'd also be interested to know if the car drives differently between the rear-wheel only and the all-wheel versions and if environmental factors can frustrate these different control modes.
wazoox 9y ago
Check GM autopilot demos in the streets of San Francisco. Much more impressive than this one. Pedestrians, bicycles, delivery van stopped in the middle of the street, etc. daytime: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSc8AHIEG9o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSc8AHIEG9o night time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHIq0MMViZg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHIq0MMViZg
- joeblau 9y ago
  Cruise is also using Lidar which provides depth sensing[1]. You can do depth sensing with cameras, but that requires building depth maps from multiple cameras (like eyes) and still being able to interpret the depth map with computer vision. Capturing depth is definitely possible with monocular cameras (because humans can do it), but it seems like lidar works a lot more accurately. [1] - https://www.getcruise.com https://www.getcruise.com

by rvalue 9y ago

rvalue 9y ago

Also, why isn't there a test for night time ?

jklinger410 9y ago

What a controversial opinion /s

akira2501 9y ago

> I don't think these autopilot systems will work well in crowded cities or cities with poor infrastructure for roads. I would _love_ to see some serious "read team" testing of these exact issues with driverless cars. Pedestrian issues, weather issues, mixed-use roads, roads with construction crews, roads with simulated accident scenes, roads with physical damage/flooding/large debris. I'd also be interested to know if the car drives differently between the rear-wheel only and the all-wheel versions and if environmental factors can frustrate these different control modes.

wazoox 9y ago

Check GM autopilot demos in the streets of San Francisco. Much more impressive than this one. Pedestrians, bicycles, delivery van stopped in the middle of the street, etc. daytime: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSc8AHIEG9o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSc8AHIEG9o night time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHIq0MMViZg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHIq0MMViZg

joeblau 9y ago
Cruise is also using Lidar which provides depth sensing[1]. You can do depth sensing with cameras, but that requires building depth maps from multiple cameras (like eyes) and still being able to interpret the depth map with computer vision. Capturing depth is definitely possible with monocular cameras (because humans can do it), but it seems like lidar works a lot more accurately. [1] - https://www.getcruise.com https://www.getcruise.com