In the piece — titled "Can You Fool a Self Driving Car?" — Rober found that a Tesla car on Autopilot was fooled by a Wile E. Coyote-style wall painted to look like the road ahead of it, with the electric vehicle plowing right through it instead of stopping.

The footage was damning enough, with slow-motion clips showing the car not only crashing through the styrofoam wall but also a mannequin of a child. The Tesla was also fooled by simulated rain and fog.

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[–] 13 points 1 year ago

The supplier he was using couldn't supply lidar fast enough, and it was at risk of slowing his manufacturing.

So he worked in a way to not need it, and tell everyone this solution was superior.

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