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A self driving autonomous Uber car killed a pedestrian in Tempe Arizona. How did this happen?
It basically shouldn’t have.
TLDR; It looks as though the LIDAR and/or RADAR system failed to detect the pedestrian until fairly ideal practical circumstances.
A look at the newly released camera footage of the accident, the location, and the car LIDAR, RADAR, and camera sensor suites available to prevent such an accident.
Video footage
Location of accident
The same location at night with another dash cam
Inside Uber’s self-driving car mess
What a LIDAR sensor should show and detect (Google’s self driving car):
Forum HERE
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