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Waymo updates 3,800 robotaxis after they 'drive into standing water'

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Re: Waymo updates 3,800 robotaxis after they 'drive into standing water'

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Post by flextheruler »

qwerpy wrote: post #14
Analemma_ wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just this morning I was almost killed twice on my bike ride to work by two separate drivers, one of whom looked to be 80 and could barely see over the dashboard, and one who was on their phone. I didn’t even bother trying to remember the plate numbers, knowing that the odds of any kind of consequences are absolute zero. No, we can’t go back to driving our own vehicles. Waymo everywhere and human driving outlawed, ASA…

Agree. Multiple people I know have bought Teslas because they don’t trust themselves or their spouses to drive safely, and want them to use FSD. There should be incentives to get people onto self driving.

Tesla cars are not capable of driving autonomously according to the company and regulators.

Re: Waymo updates 3,800 robotaxis after they 'drive into standing water'

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Post by amluto »

Animats wrote: post #2

That's a tough problem - distinguishing wet pavement from deep water. Humans make that mistake frequently. Autonomous vehicles should probably be equipped with a water sensor. (We did that in our DARPA Grand Challenge vehicle back in 2005). Then they can enter water very cautiously and see if it's too deep. This may make them too cautious about shallow puddles on roads, though.

By a water sensor do you mean a sensor to detect the water level relative to the chassis? It seems like a very inexpensive downward-facing ultrasound sensor could work.

Re: Waymo updates 3,800 robotaxis after they 'drive into standing water'

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Post by amluto »

tintor wrote: post #13
srameshc wrote: post #5

Does anyone with a better understanding about LIDAR vs camera approach to autonomous drivng explain how would Tesla handle such situation ?

LIDAR isn't helpful for water. Standing water behaves like a mirror on LIDAR.

If the LIDAR can sense the road close enough to the front of the car, then it could estimate how far underwater the car is.

Re: Waymo updates 3,800 robotaxis after they 'drive into standing water'

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Post by xnx »

lizardking wrote: post #24
xnx wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Waymo has LIDAR and cameras, so it is better equipped for every situation.

Unless the power is out https://abc7news.com/post/san-francisco-leaders-press-waymo-...

Kind of unrelated. That issue was due to a misguided effort to be cautious by having vehicles requesting human-review when they didn't really need it. Waymo fixed the issue by allowing the vehicles to operate in their normal, independent, mode.

Re: Waymo updates 3,800 robotaxis after they 'drive into standing water'

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Post by sunrunner »

moribvndvs wrote: post #33

Waymo: *locks doors, chorus to Floods by Pantera starts playing, guns it into the water* “Wash away maaaaan, take him with the floooood”

How about a Mastodon, Lamb of God take with Floods of Triton:

  Heap data upon this modern age
  All human drivers now phased away
  A lidar's glow, the soft wheel's echo
  Autonomous force of code remains
  
  We are last of the before rides
  Now hear the robot cars rise
  Hum into eternity
  Remember this, all roadways lead to the fleet
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