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It seems that we've learned over the last few years that a big part of getting a robot to operate in an unstructured environment is contextual understanding. Ex
by inamberclad 3y ago
It seems that we've learned over the last few years that a big part of getting a robot to operate in an unstructured environment is contextual understanding. Example - a woman fell under a Cruise car recently in SF and the car ran over her leg. The car correctly guessed that something was wrong, but it did the wrong thing in that context. It stopped on top of her leg and pinned her under the vehicle.
- justrealist 3y agoCan you honestly tell me you'd have chosen to reverse your car in this scenario? 95% of people would freeze, stop the car, and get out and look if they thought they hit someone, to avoid making the problem worse.
- none_to_remain 3y agoI think actually it's not desirable for the car to try and drive itself off a person trapped under the wheel
- hndamien 3y agoI’m not one to defend Cruise generally, but I believe emergency services told the car to not move, and in this case, the woman had previously been hit by another car. The real issue is that it didn’t see her lying on the road.
- vel0city 3y agoThe correct solution in this case was to stop. Far better to jack up the car with first responders present, not continue to drive and run over the person with the other wheel. One is also missing the context of the pedestrian had just been hit by another vehicle, it wasn't like this person was laying in the street for a while and this car ignored and ran over her. The woman was struck by one car, was on the hood of the car for a few moments, fell off that car and immediately into the path of the Cruise car.
- grandmczeb 3y agoIn the news articles I’ve read, it says the vehicle was kept in place at the request of the police. Can you explain why that was the wrong thing to do? https://archive.ph/kXOoM https://archive.ph/kXOoM