Self-driving software also projects scenes into the near future. And they have microphones to hear horns and sirens, and accelerometers and gyros and wheel RPM sensors to detect skidding.
The vision can be better or worse than human. Humans can move their heads to see beyond obstacles or avoid sun, but current AVs have multiple forward cameras and pretty good dynamic range to see dark things despite sun glare.
Which is not to say that lidar wouldn't help. It surely would.
The vision can be better or worse than human. Humans can move their heads to see beyond obstacles or avoid sun, but current AVs have multiple forward cameras and pretty good dynamic range to see dark things despite sun glare.
Which is not to say that lidar wouldn't help. It surely would.