Elon Musk's crusade against LiDAR and radar
"Tesla recorded another milestone in Elon Musk's war on automobile radars [in October 2021]. [Tesla] announced that it will stop equipping the saloon Model S and leisure Model X with electronic radars, a move it already made a year ago with its smaller pair of electric vehicles, Model 3 and Model Y. The move is currently limited to cars that Tesla sells in the U.S., and comes after years in which Musk claimed that laser radar, LiDAR, is unnecessary too, even though other car manufacturers are actually adopting the technology for models with partially autonomous capabilities.
"Humans drive through the eyes that see, and a brain made up of biological neural networks that analyze the information. There's no reason an autonomous vehicle would not work the same way, with silicone neural cameras and networks processing the information," Musk wrote in October 2021. "
(Source: Calcalist 23 Mar, 2022)
This article is for the technology geeks among us.
autonomous vehicle will need backup for its cameras. A set of cameras and electronic radars and separate laser radars, with each providing its own roadmap that the autonomous driving system will analyze, and in case of conflict will decide which of them to give priority, depending on a priority set in advance.
The problem with additional sensors is their high costs, especially of the LiDARs.
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"Tesla recorded another milestone in Elon Musk's war on automobile radars [in October 2021]. [Tesla] announced that it will stop equipping the saloon Model S and leisure Model X with electronic radars, a move it already made a year ago with its smaller pair of electric vehicles, Model 3 and Model Y. The move is currently limited to cars that Tesla sells in the U.S., and comes after years in which Musk claimed that laser radar, LiDAR, is unnecessary too, even though other car manufacturers are actually adopting the technology for models with partially autonomous capabilities.
"Humans drive through the eyes that see, and a brain made up of biological neural networks that analyze the information. There's no reason an autonomous vehicle would not work the same way, with silicone neural cameras and networks processing the information," Musk wrote in October 2021. "
(Source: Calcalist 23 Mar, 2022)
This article is for the technology geeks among us.
autonomous vehicle will need backup for its cameras. A set of cameras and electronic radars and separate laser radars, with each providing its own roadmap that the autonomous driving system will analyze, and in case of conflict will decide which of them to give priority, depending on a priority set in advance.
The problem with additional sensors is their high costs, especially of the LiDARs.
Read more