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That's correct, it's lidar+cameras vs just cameras. But it should be RF + radar + sonar + lidar + cameras vs anything else. If the 737Max8 tells us anything,
by GeorgeTirebiter 8y ago
That's correct, it's lidar+cameras vs just cameras. But it should be RF + radar + sonar + lidar + cameras vs anything else. If the 737Max8 tells us anything, it's that one sensor just isn't enough.
EM radiation from UV down to radio has different propagation characteristics, and materials form different attenuators. Radio easily passes through most non-metals with less attenuation than 400-800 THz radiation (light). When I was at Tesla, I tried like heck to get people to internalize this, but the 'cameras + one forward-looking radar is enough' crowd has clearly won.
Heck, RF can shoot through mud, rain, sleet, and snow. Cameras? not so much. Although I agree that the number of 'RF pixels' one gets is nowhere near what a camera provides, it does provide some pixels when the cameras are covered in road muck.
And what about when it's dark? Are the headlights going to provide enough light for the cameras to function well in all road conditions?
- Roritharr 8y agoYou were part of that discussion? What an amazing position to have been in history, even if it didn't go according to the way you felt (and imo probably are) was right.