Elon Musk is taking a firmer stance within the imaginative and prescient vs lidar debate for autonomous driving. In his more moderen feedback, the CEO isn’t just stating that utilizing sensors like lidar is pointless to realize self-driving.
Musk is stating that utilizing lidar truly makes self-driving automobiles extra harmful.
Uber CEO’s feedback
Throughout a latest interview, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi shared his ideas on the autonomy race. As per the CEO, he’s nonetheless inclined to imagine that Waymo’s method, which requires outfitting automobiles with gear corresponding to lidar and radar, is critical to realize superhuman ranges of security for self-driving automobiles.
“Stable state LiDAR is $500. Why not embrace lidar as effectively to be able to obtain tremendous human security. All of our companions are utilizing a mixture of digital camera, radar and LiDAR, and I personally suppose that’s the suitable resolution, however I may very well be confirmed flawed,” the Uber CEO famous.
Elon Musk’s rebuttal
In response to the Uber CEO’s feedback, Elon Musk said that lidar and radar, a minimum of based mostly on Tesla’s expertise, truly cut back security as an alternative of bettering it. As per the Tesla CEO, there are occasions when sensors corresponding to lidar and radar disagree with cameras. This creates sensor ambiguity, which, in flip, creates extra threat. Musk then famous that Tesla has seen an enchancment in security as soon as the corporate centered on a imaginative and prescient solely method.
“Lidar and radar cut back security as a consequence of sensor competition. If lidars/radars disagree with cameras, which one wins? This sensor ambiguity causes elevated, not decreased, threat. That’s why Waymos can’t drive on highways. We turned off the radars in Teslas to extend security. Cameras ftw,’ Musk wrote.
Musk’s feedback are fairly notable as Tesla was in a position to launch a devoted Robotaxi pilot in Austin and the Bay Space utilizing its vision-based autonomous programs. The identical is true for FSDwhich is rapidly changing into notably higher than people in driving.
