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I can't imagine waymo or any of the other groups that are basing their technology around lidar, managing to get to "commodity stage". LIDAR has a fixed range it
by jimmydorry 6y ago
I can't imagine waymo or any of the other groups that are basing their technology around lidar, managing to get to "commodity stage". LIDAR has a fixed range it is useful for, which is greatly shrunk when you also need to factor in vehicle response time. Cameras can see as far as humans can (further actually, as it can see things more reliably at greater distances than humans). Going beyond 25mph is already massively encroaching on the upper ranges of safety with LIDAR systems.
- cloudwalking 6y agoThis is simply not true, as evidenced by Waymo driving on roads faster than 25 mph
- jimmydorry 6y agoWaymo doing select trial, or perhaps even limited runs above 25mph does not prove they can operate safely at such speeds. My math might be off since I don't use the imperial system, but LIDAR is only good up to 50-100m (closer to 50 than 100). Slamming the brakes on your vehicle to stop within the sensor distance is more dangerous (to the occupants and cars behidn you) and less effective (less likely to stop in time) the faster you're going. Can you go significantly faster than you can safely see and stop in time? Sure. Would it still be considered safe when doing so? Hell no.