LiDAR
4 statements across 3 episodes · 3 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Jun 25, 2025 by Kyle Vogt · across every show →
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Jun 25, 2025 bearish
Vogt: Real-time global 3D HD mapping is intractable for autonomous vehicles
“Because it is just intractable to maintain a three-D map of every square inch of the planet and update it in real time, and then expect that every time you go somewhere, the map is still accurate on one hand, and also probably unrealistic to assume that every …”
Oct 14, 2025 positive
Mar 24, 2026 positive
Waymo Fuses Camera, LiDAR, and Radar Encoders Jointly Rather Than Comparing Outputs
“It's not like, you know, we estimate, you know, what's happening with the world through cameras, and through radars, and through lighters, and then we compare. No, they're like, there's an encoder for camera, there's an encoder for lighters, and they all go in…”
Mar 24, 2026 positive
Dolgov: Waymo LiDAR bounced under bus to detect occluded pedestrian
“What actually turned out was happening is that our peripheral lighters bounce under the bus, and there was just a little bit of very, very noisy reflection of the movement of the person's feet. That was enough for the AI models that, hey, I likely there's a pe…”