"Emergency braking is part of autonomous driving, so ...?" So, the Tesla issues involved not identifying objects in the field of regard correctly, and thus not

"Emergency braking is part of autonomous driving, so ...?" So, the Tesla issues involved not identifying objects in the field of regard correctly, and thus not steering appropriately. Brake systems weren't involved in either crash, IIRC. Assisted emergency braking is much more narrowly focused than full autonomous driving. It doesn't care what the object is, if it's solid, in front of the vehicle, and in it's path, the system will brake. These days it potentially has vision, sonar, lidar and radar to provide sensory input. That's a whole lot more information than a human can access.