{"id":259372,"date":"2021-05-26T15:13:39","date_gmt":"2021-05-26T12:13:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/tesla-is-removing-radar-from-autopilot-and-it-makes-absolutely-no-sense\/"},"modified":"2021-05-26T15:13:39","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T12:13:39","slug":"tesla-is-removing-radar-from-autopilot-and-it-makes-absolutely-no-sense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/tesla-is-removing-radar-from-autopilot-and-it-makes-absolutely-no-sense\/","title":{"rendered":"#Tesla is removing radar from Autopilot, and it makes absolutely no sense"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Tesla is removing radar from Autopilot, and it makes absolutely no sense<\/strong>”
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Forget about radar for self-driving tech<\/span>. Tesla announced yesterday<\/a>\u00a0that it\u2019s\u00a0officially transitioning to its camera-based autonomous driving system, known as Tesla Vision.<\/span><\/p>\n

Starting this month, Model 3 and Model Y vehicles, which will be delivered to the North American market, will be the\u00a0first cars\u00a0to ditch radar entirely, and employ camera vision\u00a0<\/span>and neural net processing for the performance of \u201cAutopilot, Full-Self Driving, and certain active safety features.\u201d<\/p>\n

Naturally, one wonders why on earth would Tesla make such a change. And when Elon Musk twitted the launch of \u201cpure vision Autopilot,\u201d there were several comments expressing the same question.<\/p>\n

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there will never be secure autonoumous driving with vision only. obviously even we humans use a lot more senses which are not technically substituteable easily. Fear and Adrenalin for example, or Audio.<\/p>\n

But only vision is an app<\/a>roach that will never be secure.<\/p>\n

\u2014 gewure (@gewure) May 26, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Is pure vision enough? After all humans use sound to drive safely- car horns, emergency vehicle sirens to name just a couple. In India for example drivers use their car horns extensively to communicate with other drivers.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Anne-Marie Hancock (@AnneMarieHanco7) May 26, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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What are the primary benefits of pure vision for Tesla? Higher production? Lower cost? Improved software performance? No need to integrate external suppliers?<\/p>\n

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What are the primary benefits of pure vision for Tesla? Higher production? Lower cost? Improved software performance? No need to integrate external suppliers?<\/p>\n

\u2014 Whole Mars Catalog (@WholeMarsBlog) May 26, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

In fact, it makes no sense to skip radar and rely solely on cameras.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cameras may offer higher resolutions and lower production cost, but they have significant limitations. They are less effective in bad weather conditions and have lower accuracy during nighttime. Most notably, the neural networks that determine what is being seen by the cameras require large amounts of training and processing power \u2013 and both of these factors are intrinsically limited within a car\u2019s computer system.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, radar sensors are much more reliable as they offer better\u00a0range and higher accuracy in terms of object\u00a0distance and speed \u2013 no matter the weather or light conditions. They do have lower resolution, however, which means that they require tech enabling them to run at higher frequencies, and that\u2019s costly.<\/p>\n

To put it in a nutshell, the transition to cameras reduces cost which seems to be a larger trend for Tesla. Nevertheless, it\u2019s impossible to comprehend how a camera could offer the same level of safety radar provides, which raises serious vehicle and road safety concerns. The\u00a0excellent thread by Ed Niedermeyer in the tweet below is illuminative:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The vast majority of pedestrian\/cyclist fatalities take place in low-light conditions, where vision-based features perform poorly. Tesla\u2019s decision to use \u201cpure vision\u201d for its driving automation could disproportionately impact vulnerable road users\u2019 safety.<\/p>\n

\u2014 E.W. Niedermeyer (@Tweetermeyer) May 25, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

To make matters worse, Tesla warns that its Vision system will probably cause temporary limitations to some features.<\/p>\n

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