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"Brad Templeton, who provided consulting for autonomous driving competitor Waymo, noted the car was equipped with advanced sensors, including radar and LiDAR, w
by keanzu 7y ago
"Brad Templeton, who provided consulting for autonomous driving competitor Waymo, noted the car was equipped with advanced sensors, including radar and LiDAR, which would not have been affected by the darkness."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Elaine_Herzberg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Elaine_Herzberg
The car had LIDAR.
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- Brave-Steak 7y agoIt had lidar and ignored an unknown object it was tracking. If that's not damning for the whole field, I don't know what is.
- michaelt 7y agoYep, and it detected Herzberg in the roadway with plenty of time to spare. "the car detected the pedestrian as early as 6 seconds before the crash" [...] "Uber told the NTSB that “emergency braking maneuvers are not enabled while the vehicle is under computer control, to reduce the potential for erratic vehicle behavior,” in other words, to ensure a smooth ride. “The vehicle operator is relied on to intervene and take action. The system is not designed to alert the operator.”" [1] 'Oh well it was very dark' is not a factor in the crash that killed Herzberg [1] https://techcrunch.com/2018/05/24/uber-in-fatal-crash-detected-pedestrian-but-had-emergency-braking-disabled/ https://techcrunch.com/2018/05/24/uber-in-fatal-crash-detect...