> lidar is largely irrelevant. It is only used in 3D scene reconstruction
Source? AIUI lidar is actively used as a sensor/input to detect absolute distance between things, which seems like 80% of what you need to drive safely.
Source? AIUI lidar is actively used as a sensor/input to detect absolute distance between things, which seems like 80% of what you need to drive safely.
Once you've accurately perceived the world, the hard part is the action, and the judgement needed to drive safely. It doesn't matter how you got your labeled 3D scene (LIDAR or SLAM), you have to figure out how to navigate it safely and this is more like 90% of the self-driving challenge. If you look at videos of the latest FSD in action (12.5) perception is not an issue. Teslas see everything just fine, they don't disengage because they didn't see a car, but because their judgement is not human level yet.