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Self-Driving Tesla Crashes into Wall Painted to Look Like a Road… Just Months Before Planned Robotaxi Launch (fuelarc.com)

submitted 1 year ago by KayLeadfoot@fedia.io to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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Mark Rober just set up one of the most interesting self-driving tests of 2025, and he did it by imitating Looney Tunes. The former NASA engineer and current YouTube mad scientist recreated the classic gag where Wile E. Coyote paints a tunnel onto a wall to fool the Road Runner.

Only this time, the test subject wasn’t a cartoon bird… it was a self-driving Tesla Model Y.

The result? A full-speed, 40 MPH impact straight into the wall. Watch the video and tell us what you think!

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[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 2 points 1 year ago

A fitting metaphor for Musky and their involvement with the US government.

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 2 points 11 months ago

Anyone that works in automation will tell you you can't use software to overcome deficiencies of your sensors. They were too cheap to include a reliable Lidar, and now can't have a car that knows where obstacles are.

[–] Corno@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

"Wile E Coyote was here"

[–] mavu@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Taking a guess here, but I think Mark Rober is not a big trump/musk fan? :D

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[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

Wonderful news.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

To any artists in Austin,TX: you have your work cut out for you. Godspeed.

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

They sound like they’re perfect for red states

[–] guynamedzero@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Youtube mad scientist

Okay come on, Styropyro fits the bill way better for “mad scientist”

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