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But it feels like everyone in this world—or this country, at least—is being treated as an unpaid beta tester for technologies for which they never asked, and from which someone else stands to make a ton of money. The “move fast, break things” approach of tech bros is obnoxious enough when it comes to software, but it’s irresponsible and potentially deadly when it comes to things like cars and delivery robots.

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[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 20 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

Example #42069 of why relying on vision alone for navigation is a terrible idea. At these speeds a $5 ultrasonic SONAR would've prevented this.

[–] howmuchlonger@lemmy.org 3 points 4 hours ago

It probably had one. The software just probably sucks

[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

About that much for a time of flight sensor that is faster and more reliable than sonar. But add them both for redundancy is the best.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago

ToF will generally go through glass (as long as it's translucent to the relevant IR range).