ome can just look at the state of autonomous robots in industrial plants. they do a handful of functions, they have limited reach and they have predictable patt

ome can just look at the state of autonomous robots in industrial plants. they do a handful of functions, they have limited reach and they have predictable patterns and yet when you add humans to the mix all kind of dangerous conditions arise to the point most robots sharing space with humans need to be caged this is our current state of the art with automation and safety and yet we allow companies to slap a radar and a pretend safety driver and hurl a ton of metal down the pubblic roads autonomous vehicle will undoubtedly at some point be safer than human, but shortcutting known limitations like radars vs dodging static objects because 'drivers are the backup' is lunacy and the recent deaths are just a symptom of people never having worked in safety system design playing fast and loose with human lifes, and the companies which enable that should be made an example of by courts. some years ago serious automaker did their analisys and come up with the concept of designing the anticollision system first and use those as a backup to autonomous driving technology, that somehow has been lost in the race for profitability.