The whole way the 'interior' video is cut makes me think Uber is hiding something,The cut may not be for that reason. It may have been to prevent further stress on the safety driver.
a) Is somebody forcing them to watch it in a loop?
b) Having that face posted all over the Internet isn't stressful?
I suspect that the only reason they posted the interior shot at all was to show that the "safety driver" wasn't watching the road. What other reason is there for releasing it?
... would take a job babysitting an autonomous car? It has to be one of the most boring, soul destroying jobs around. It is implausible that whoever you put behind that wheel, with nothing much to do all day but look ahead, is going to maintain full attention hour after hour.
So ... if that be the case, then what IS the role of the "safety driver"?
It probably wouldn't have mattered due to that extra reaction time by the driver but I agree, the headlights look poorly adjusted. You can't even see the guys feet
So ... if that be the case, then what IS the role of the "safety driver"?
So ... if that be the case, then what IS the role of the "safety driver"?
LIDAR is useless in the real world, for several years I
Do these self-driving cars record and store all sensor data over reasonable timeframes so the raw data can be played back against the software to see where the algorithms went wrong and to prove or disprove the quality of the data collection capabilities of the sensors themselves? This is a teachable moment, I hope they have all that data.
LIDAR is useless in the real world, for several years I have been wondering why Google etc rely on it so much. Maybe useless is too strong a word, but it does not work in the rain. Which is why all the testing is done in very dry areas.
I also have the say the released video looks doctored. Way to dark. Street lighting? A basic dash cam is better. An XC90 is a highend luxury car with HID lighting, probably self levelling.
FYI Both the victim and Uber driver were female.
Who will be the lead in the investigation - I hope it is not the police department.
Who but the desperate would take a job babysitting an autonomous car? It has to be one of the most boring, soul destroying jobs around. It is implausible that whoever you put behind that wheel, with nothing much to do all day but look ahead, is going to maintain full attention hour after hour.
The problem with lidar is that it's expensive, which is why many companies want to get rid of it. After all, humans manage with only two cameras on a stick so it should be possible for a robot car to do the same... in theory. But computer vision algoritms aren't reliable enough yet, so you still really need lidar today. Anyone who's played around with computer vision should/would have realised that imho, and sadly it's evident from the tesla decapitation experiment and now possibly this uber experiment if nothing else.
LIDAR is useless in the real world, for several years I have been wondering why Google etc rely on it so much. Maybe useless is too strong a word, but it does not work in the rain. Which is why all the testing is done in very dry areas.Lidar is the best sensor at the moment without competition. It gives you accurate 3D data which is easier to analyse and interpret and works well regardless of lighting conditions. All types of sensors have problems.
I have said many, many times that the technology is too premature to be viable. I live in a very high traffic area and as I drive down the freeway with 5 lanes full of traffic at road speeds (60-70 mph) and marvel at how all of the vehicles merge into other lanes and the varying speeds of different vehicles do not crash into each other because humans can anticipate and adjust. Even when there are traffic cones and construction, the number of fender benders, compared to how many vehicles on a given street is minimal. The statistics tell the story of vehicle fatalities, and, given the sheer number of vehicles on the road, the fatalities, IMHO are extremely low.
I dare say that many may not grasp this concept because in city centers like where I live, the traffic is horrifying for the unskilled driver in such conditions. The roads, streets and highways in the US are huge compared to most countries, so I can't even imagine how autonomous driving could even work in countries where the roads and streets are tiny.
Although this film has been around a long time, when an autonomous car can do this, then it might be ready for public release.
If you are a bit squimish about fast driving, do not watch this film.
Admittedly, the streets were fairly empty in this film.
If there's several LIDAR scanners in the same place, do they interfere with each other?