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As of May 2021, Tesla publicly announced they’re using lidar to develop FSD. https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/24/22451404/tesla-luminar-lidar-elon-musk-autonomo
by chronic83027 5y ago
As of May 2021, Tesla publicly announced they’re using lidar to develop FSD.
https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/24/22451404/tesla-luminar-lidar-elon-musk-autonomous-vehicles https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/24/22451404/tesla-luminar-li...
- _Microft 5y agoThis might be for improving their camera-based vision system by collecting both camera inputs and accurate ground-truth data via LIDAR to train the system with.
- rjsamson 5y agoThey haven’t announced anything like that - they’re just using LiDAR rigs to validate data from their vision based approach, particularly distance. It actually even mentions something about it at the bottom of the article you referenced.
- chronic83027 5y agoMy claim: > they’re using lidar to develop FSD. Your comment: > they’re just using LiDAR rigs to validate data from their vision based approach In 2019, Elon called lidar a crutch: https://techcrunch.com/2019/04/22/anyone-relying-on-lidar-is-doomed-elon-musk-says/ https://techcrunch.com/2019/04/22/anyone-relying-on-lidar-is...
- MetaWhirledPeas 5y agoNo public announcement. They merely have some lidar equipment for testing. I'd be shocked if they haven't already had lidar units for years. After all, you can't compare your approach to lidar if you don't have a lidar unit to compare to.