Will Tesla Self Driving Hit a Kid Mannequin? | FSD Beta

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0:00 - Past tests
2:26 - Stroller
4:10 - "Squirrel"
5:50 - Dog
8:22 - Box
9:26 - Cedar post
11:03 - Exercise ball rolling
12:51 - Electric scooter
14:42 - Child Mannequin

[JessiesWorld]

Such is my experience. FSD doesn't do a good job avoiding smaller obstacles that are still big enough to cause significant damage

[ReliableInebriationOutlet]

Great honest test, been around since you had less than 3k, and you've never failed to deliver good content. Have a good day man 👍👍👍

[seanplace]

5:04 - This is a rather difficult situation. On one hand, you don't want to run over/kill wild animals if you can avoid it, and you also don't want to run over sharp objects like pieces of metal. On the other hand, how do you differentiate between something harmless like leaves or a crumpled up piece of paper? It's difficult even for humans to identify these things from a distance, and you may only have a few seconds to decide what to do!

[jamessmith-yksc]

the fact that the road might be to narrow to safely go around might effect the judgement.Going in the ditch to avoid a squirrel or even a dog might not be good driving, a gravel road with uncertain edges might be different than a paved road with curbs.

[ThePillSquad]

I love videos like this because it helps to reduce FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt). Thanks for the testing!

[Fouss_]

Stroller : 3:29
Plushie : 4:59
Dog : 6:23
Box : 8:51
Cedar post : 9:51
Ball : 11:17
Electric scooter : 13:12
Child : 15:18

[BBKing]

For a rolling ball, it really should prioritize stopping, or going in front of the ball’s path, not behind. As humans, we know (or should) that a rolling ball is often followed by a running child.

[stevedowler]

I can see the headlines: "Robotaxi hits kid". Most of us would not drive around the kid, we would stop and wait for the kid to go clear across and be on the sidewalk on the other side. We have a lot of deer here especially in the fall. They browse along the edge of the road, look up when I drive up, stare at me like ("Hey, dummy, I'm eating here!") and go back to munching. I drive by at something like 1MPH, no FSDb.

[grlldfsh]

Honestly a bit disappointing for how well I would have expected it to perform, but hopefully future versions will vastly improve. At the moment squirrels are not in safe company 🐿️

[nnjmbjl]

for the case "a young child in the middle of the road, not moving" there would be only one correct programming "hey @Elon":
stop the car in a protecting manner in front of the child and a computer voice would ask the driver or passengers "do you want to assist the child or continue?" because that's what humans would take into account

[audiovideophile]

Service menu lets you bring up all the cameras. If you can use it while driving that would be good for these tests to see what the car sees. And / or GoPro on the side of the car so we can see how close it's getting.

[ashwinarikere]

Great stuff. Adding in footage from the dash/sidecam feeds for those close call scenarios will def make it clearer as to how close/far the car was. Next would be to replicate it in dusk low light conditions

[seb.]

4:18 Stéphanie is ready for the Oscars 😂

[richard--s]

Camera vs lidar: We saw how "not so good" lidar was at detecting a person with a bicycle, crossing a multi lane street at night...

I think, the spokes of the bicycle wheels makes it hard for lidar to detect.

And so, some objects in a color close to the road color are hard to detect by cameras.

[nadgerz]

ok, it can dodge balls, but what about wrenches!?

[celticschamps]

Wow, your wife is a KEEPER !! My wife would never let me do any of this with her ! Nice to see her more involved in the videos.

[thejuice]

Just blows my mind that Tesla is going all in with cameras but yet doesn't have a front bumper camera.

[tjmozdzen]

Good job! Please keep these tests going. You can be the Chuck Cook of UPLs for "Small Objects in the Road" (including speed bumps).

[NRV]

Tesla's marketing is next level. Users buy their software for over 7K-15K and volunteers free to do all tests and Tesla collects all data.

[elmegapeluco]

This is one of the best videos that I've seen about this issue. Thanks Regards.