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how well does the Velodyne work in heavy rain or snow?
by steve19 14y ago
how well does the Velodyne work in heavy rain or snow?
- markit 14y agoNot well at all, snow covers road markings and doesn't always reflect back to the sensor, rain is similar. Puddles are invisible.
- Schwolop 14y agoIt's also not officially water proof. That said, we used ours in light rain a few times and nothing bad happened to it. The data was pretty much useless however (although determining that was a large part of the point of the experiment).
- netrus 14y agoWow, never thought about that in the Google Car context. To be fair, I dislike driving in heavy rain myself, and most people drive much slower in such conditions. Still, that might be more of an issue in rainy Hamburg compared to the Bay Area ...