Hacker News Reader

Comment by threeseed | Hacker News Reader

This is a bug in Tesla's specific meat.

Other self driving implementations e.g. Cruise, Waymo have LiDAR which is an additional and in my opinion necessary sensor for detecting objects.

Because in this case it sure looks like a phantom breaking issue.

View on HN

Is it really a Tesla specific issue? Tesla's definitely phantom brake quite a bit, but it seems like many automated cruise control implementations do this today.

https://www.motorsafety.org/us-government-investigates-1-7-m...

https://www.macheforum.com/site/threads/phantom-braking-expe...

https://www.chevybolt.org/threads/ok-lets-talk-phantom-braki...

And to me the crux of the matter is whether the systems are safer despite any phantom braking.

The focus on perfection rather than improvement is surprising to see on HN.

It is Tesla specific in the sense that they refuse to use LiDAR.

All those examples just reinforce my point that it's a necessary sensor.

Tesla doesn't sell meat, the meat is what's weighing down the front seat.

Yeah, it looks like one of those cases where Elon is being stupid - self-driving cars with LiDAR are a lot safer.

Anyone know how much a LiDAR system cost nowadays?

Heck, my $400 vacuum robot has lidar and its advantage when navigating are immediately obvious to anyone paying attention. Rather than cost it feels more like laziness - sensor fusion is hard, so let’s just delete the problem.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com