I get the impression it disengages so that Tesla can legally say "self driving wasn't active when it crashed" to the media.
oatscoop
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The cartoon wall is just an exagerated illustration of why a vision only system sucks compared to other systems.
If you watch the rest of the video, you'd see Tesla's vision only system is inferior to cars using radar/lidar in other, more realistic situations like heavy rain and fog.
I was working with a buddy on a "startup" that was more of a hobby than anything (and didn't go anywhere). The early prototypes were controlled by Arduino and Pis early on -- ease of software development was key as we experimented with and dialed in the hardware. The later prototypes used an ESP32 though, because we're aren't idiots.
I'm a hobbyist at best: it kills me that there are well paid "professional embedded software engineers" out there that can't work with actual embedded hardware. All I could think of was this article on electrical engineers that can't solder. The complete lack of real world, hands on experience with the hardware blows my mind.
They make a lot more than car navigation systems. Their recreational gear and avionics are top of the line.