Tesla’s self-driving fails the Wile E. Coyote Test
undefined 18, 2025
Mark Rober, a former NASA engineer, tests self-driving cars by trying to trick them with obstacles like a Wile E. Coyote-style wall. Tesla’s Autopilot fails, crashing through the wall and failing to stop for a child dummy under fog and rain. In contrast, a LiDAR-based system succeeds in all tests. Rober’s video highlights Tesla's reliance on computer vision over LiDAR, which Elon Musk criticizes as unnecessary, though the LiDAR system avoids the wall and better handles adverse conditions.
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