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fidotron • today at 3:01 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

That's one of the reasons lidar will prove to be a dead end for this application. It's a temporary enabling technology on the path to the simpler multiple camera based solution.


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lapkaaaa • today at 3:03 PM

Best approach would be to use both lidar and cameras. They compliment each other

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Fricken • today at 3:06 PM

Camera's can't see in the dark. There is no perfect sensor. Waymo relies multiple sensor modalities: Cameras, Lidar, ultrasonics, radar, gps, inertial measurement units.

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