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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 19 points 1 week ago (10 children)

It is impressive how bad it is.

[–] melroy@kbin.melroy.org 10 points 1 week ago (7 children)

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 14 points 1 week ago (6 children)

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.

[–] melroy@kbin.melroy.org 2 points 1 week ago

Sorry I meant of course LIDAR.

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