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I wonder if Musk will just give up on this whole "camera only" thing and use LiDAR and RADAR the way a Waymo would, but with less redundancy and huge economies
by SR2Z 1y ago
I wonder if Musk will just give up on this whole "camera only" thing and use LiDAR and RADAR the way a Waymo would, but with less redundancy and huge economies of scale.
This could actually be a decent opportunity for Tesla to branch out into manufacturing these sensors.
Of course, it's much more likely he clings to "camera only" until he dies.
- Zigurd 1y agoI think the discussion about sensors leaves out some important aspects. If you don't have the geospatial data, a lidar point cloud isn't going to be as useful. Tesla has a lot of 2-D image data and could easily get a lot more. But if 3-D sensing and geospatial data turn out to be a large advantage, what's the value of all that 2-D imagery? Of course there are some inherent advantages to lidar sensing without Google's data muscle behind it, like sensing at night and in glaring sun. And then there's the radar and maybe sonar sensing for up-close obstacles. But, overall, I think the value of Google's data is underappreciated.
- SR2Z 1y agoMusk did give up on the "no maps" thing a while ago. Tesla does map places for FSD.
- toomuchtodo 1y agoMusk could deploy a bespoke robotaxi fleet today, with only those units upgraded with lidar and sensor fusion after they roll off the manufacturing line, similar to Waymo’s fleet. Waymo only has ~2k-3k vehicles in their fleet, for example. Why does he not? Is it because he really believes camera over lidar? Or it because he doesn’t care enough to because investors keep believing the marketing which continues to keep him wealthy and in power with no effort?