An Uber Self-driving Car struck & killed a woman on Sunday 18th March 2018.
Let's try to comprehend what possibly went wrong & how...
What happened?
The video recorded by the forward-facing video recorder of the car shows a woman with a bike at approx 10 pm, getting hit by the car
Who is at fault?
The Police & Investigators are likely to focus on the performance of the Software involving an Autonomous Vehicle
Could a Human driver have avoided this?
Maybe NO
Should the Software have avoided this?
Absolutely YES
What were the Possible failures of the Software?
[1] The Decision Tree Algorithm failed to conclude to either apply-brakes or slow-down immediately
[2] Computer Vision (CV) technology of the HD camera couldn't detect the change in the view using Edge-Detection technique
[3] LIDAR technology; that measures the distance to the target; was used - It can't react well to quick changes of light intensity like glare, shadows, tunnels
[4] Software didn't have a Reaction-time of fractions-of-1-millisecond
[5] The software responded but the Car's Machinery failed
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What happened?
The video recorded by the forward-facing video recorder of the car shows a woman with a bike at approx 10 pm, getting hit by the car
Who is at fault?
The Police & Investigators are likely to focus on the performance of the Software involving an Autonomous Vehicle
Could a Human driver have avoided this?
Maybe NO
Should the Software have avoided this?
Absolutely YES
What were the Possible failures of the Software?
[1] The Decision Tree Algorithm failed to conclude to either apply-brakes or slow-down immediately
[2] Computer Vision (CV) technology of the HD camera couldn't detect the change in the view using Edge-Detection technique
[3] LIDAR technology; that measures the distance to the target; was used - It can't react well to quick changes of light intensity like glare, shadows, tunnels
[4] Software didn't have a Reaction-time of fractions-of-1-millisecond
[5] The software responded but the Car's Machinery failed
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See the video here:
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