The problem of driving a robot straight through a corridor while avoiding obstacles is Robotics 101 stuff. With the right sensors. This scenario calls for long

The problem of driving a robot straight through a corridor while avoiding obstacles is Robotics 101 stuff. With the right sensors. This scenario calls for long rang distance detection, which is the natural wheelhouse of LIDAR. Unfortunately, Tesla seems to have something to prove when it comes to LIDAR, and stubbornly refuses to adopt the technology, despite crashes and even deaths that have occurred, and general industry understanding that it's the enabling technology for driverless cars. Is it legal to create a two-ton machine with admittedly beta-quality software, and a sensor stack that is known to be insufficient; and allow it to autonomous roam around town, crashing into things and killing their drivers? Apparently that is fine in the eyes of the law. Is it unethical? Society seems to be deliberating this one. I hear a lot of "the ends justify the means" style thinking in this area. Either way, this should embarrass the hell out of Tesla engineers. I used to feel sorry for them, but it's been long enough that they should know better.