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Even when cameras are "enough" LIDAR will still provide additional data not obtainable through cameras, allowing even safer driving. If humans had evolved biolo
by raisedbyninjas 8y ago
Even when cameras are "enough" LIDAR will still provide additional data not obtainable through cameras, allowing even safer driving. If humans had evolved biological LIDAR we would use it while driving.
- Klathmon 8y agoI may be mis-remembering, but wasn't an argument from Tesla that LIDAR would actually be a disadvantage? LIDAR has a lot more "false positives" if I remember correctly, and a lot of the work is going toward filtering LIDAR data and cleaning it up in cars that use it. I could see not wanting to spend the time and effort in trying to tame something like that when they have something working pretty well right now with different kinds of sensors.
- shaklee3 8y agoI think at this stage, nobody is certain. But I tend to side with more information is better, and you filter what you don't need. Same reason sensor fusion algorithms use the gyroscope and accelerometer in concert to measure movement.
- sliken 8y agoDunno, seems like Lidar often results in seeing plastic bags or tumbleweeds as car killing objects.
- shaklee3 8y agoYes, but that's what I was getting at. You filter those out from the camera. The reverse is probably true as well, where you need depth since an image can't give you enough information.