Tesla Robotaxi Stops Mid-Intersection & Runs a Red Light... The Influencer Onboard Calls It “Impressive” - FuelArc News
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This Tesla Robotaxi demo video is a mess. Watch as the car makes a left turn from the wrong lane. The safety operator steps in, and the car comes to a stop… right in the middle of the intersection. Eventually, it completes the illegal left turn on red, which raises the question, what exactly is […]

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?

    • melroy@kbin.melroy.org
      10·
      2 days 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.xyzEnglish
        14·
        2 days 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.

        • KayLeadfoot@fedia.ioOP
          12·
          2 days 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.

          • ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.worldEnglish
            5·
            2 days ago

            And radar is dirt cheap.

            Even by the middle of WWII, radar had been made so cheap that they (the US at least) were putting radar devices into artillery shells. The idea that 80+ years later radar is cost-prohibitive for fucking cars is ludicrous.

        • ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          2 days ago

          Fun fact: horseshoe crabs have like nine different types of eyes. Even that tail is one big photoreceptor. Sensor fusion is new technology - it’s only been around for 400 million years.

    • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      6·
      3 days 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.