[Klathmon]

I may be mis-remembering, but wasn't an argument from Tesla that LIDAR would actually be a disadvantage?

LIDAR has a lot more "false positives" if I remember correctly, and a lot of the work is going toward filtering LIDAR data and cleaning it up in cars that use it. I could see not wanting to spend the time and effort in trying to tame something like that when they have something working pretty well right now with different kinds of sensors.

[shaklee3]

I think at this stage, nobody is certain. But I tend to side with more information is better, and you filter what you don't need. Same reason sensor fusion algorithms use the gyroscope and accelerometer in concert to measure movement.

[sliken]

Dunno, seems like Lidar often results in seeing plastic bags or tumbleweeds as car killing objects.

[shaklee3]

Yes, but that's what I was getting at. You filter those out from the camera. The reverse is probably true as well, where you need depth since an image can't give you enough information.