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Tesla Robotaxi Stops Mid-Intersection After Running a Red Light… The Influencer Onboard Calls It “Impressive” (fuelarc.com)
submitted 2 weeks ago by KayLeadfoot@fedia.io to c/technology@lemmy.world
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This Tesla Robotaxi demo video is a mess.

Watch as the car makes a left turn from the wrong lane, ignoring a red light. The safety operator steps in, and the car comes to a stop… right in the middle of the intersection.

Eventually, it completes the illegal turn after blocking traffic for 45 seconds, which raises the question, what exactly is the safety operator there for?

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[-] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 weeks ago

It is impressive how bad it is.

[-] melroy@kbin.melroy.org 1 points 2 weeks ago

They also really need additional sensors. Elon is keep saying that self driving cars only need cameras. But cameras can be blinded or also make mistakes. Hence good self driving cars should atleast have sonar.

[-] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 weeks ago

As a RADAR guy I have to say they need RADAR, but I might be biased. I suppose LIDAR would be nice too. There's something called sensor fusion where you combine the measurements of different sensors, ideally using different technologies to get better measurements.

[-] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

Respect for the capital letters

[-] KayLeadfoot@fedia.io 2 points 2 weeks ago

WhyNotBoth.gif

And radar is dirt cheap. Toss a radar module (or two!) under the hood, watch as your cars stop plowing into stuff in the frontal plane of movement. It's automation so simple that even Hyundai gets it right.

[-] melroy@kbin.melroy.org 1 points 2 weeks ago

Sorry I meant of course LIDAR.

[-] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I like that homeboy was just like "Have a safe ride" and dude responds " we will" or some shit. Like you (tesla) just stuck us in the middle of an intersection making an illegal turn after missing where to pick us up by a block and we've been in the car for less than a minute. Don't tell us to have a safe trip, promise me we are going to get somewhere safely at that point.

[-] squaresinger@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

At least he didn't promise that the ride brings you to a better place.

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