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servo_sausagetoday at 9:53 AM1 replyview on HN

Useful but not at all required. Camera + radar is sufficient for driving, and camera+ USS is fine for parking.

Radar is just cheaper than the number of cameras and compute, it's also not really a strict requirement.

Look at how the current cars fuck up, it's mostly navigation, context understanding, and tight manoeuvres. Lidar gives you very little in these areas


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UltraSanetoday at 9:58 AM

All of the actually WORKING self driving systems use LIDAR. This is not a coincidence.

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