It also shouldn't have happened with a RADAR. From the second tweet: the truck was seen by both the radar and also could be clearly observed by the narrow ca

It also shouldn't have happened with a RADAR. From the second tweet: the truck was seen by both the radar and also could be clearly observed by the narrow camera from quite a distance away (pictures are spaced 1 second apart) This is more about beta quality robotics software being shipped to actual customers and used in production. If you're someone who won't even use a programming language or library in production before it reaches v1.0, this is about a million times worse than that. By the way, as a roboticist this whole situation is completely baffling to me. We go through such great lengths in our research to make our robots safe. Safety is a huge concern to our community. How is it that this company can just ship beta quality software to customers for use in production amongst the rest of us? In industry, we paint our robots orange and put them behind impenetrable cages due to safety concerns. Entire facilities are designed around the robots to make their operation safe. Operators are trained to use them. People working around them are trained to work along side them and observe proper safety protocols. Proper insurance is carried in case of accidents. And when an accident does occur, the situation is taken apart, analyzed, and changes are made so they won't happen again. Not in the marketplace though, it seems. Apparently it's okay to just code whatever you want; put the code on whatever machine you want, even if it's "beta" quality; ship it to whomever you want who can pay for it; provide little to no training; lie about the capabilities ("Full self driving" minus the full, and self, and driving. "Autopilot" that isn't.); and when people inevitably and predictably end up dead, apparently it's okay to just keep on pushing this software out without a shred of self reflection or humility. Because you're saving the world I guess? I just don't understand this culture.