Tesla Autopilot steers around rogue barrier at construction site with ease

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Tesla’s Autopilot proceeds to acquire more refined with each new upgrade, and when a recent movie out of a Model 3 proprietor is any indication, it appears that the process is getting more effective in recognizing and responding to incidents on the street. Take, as an example, a rogue building cone put from the Tesla’s lane. 

Chris of this Dirty Tesla YouTube station was running one of his “Tesla Challenge” movies when his Model 3, which was running 2019.40.1.1, encountered a building site. The region had been lined with building barrels, some of which started cutting the Model 3’s lane. This was shown not to be any difficulty for Autopilot, as the system simply moved without even missing a beat. 

Just like several things from the freeway, something occurred. At the conclusion of the row of building was a cone which was actually in the Model 3’s lane. Ready in the steering wheel, the Tesla owner ready to take over only if the Autopilot doesn’t respond properly. However, it did. As can be observed from the footage, the Model 3 avoided the ramble building cone before moving back to the center of its lane. 

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This is quite an improvement in Tesla’s method, as the Model 3 ended crossing into the lane when it maneuvered around the building barrel. Check out the footage from the vehicle’s built-in dashcam revealed how close the Model 3 had been to crossing into the adjoining lane through its evasive maneuver. When it avoided the building zone, its speed was not reduced by the automobile . 

Regrettably, Chris’ Model 3 is still equipped with Hardware 2.5 and thus, the structure slabs across the street were not left on the vehicle’s center screen. Had the car been equipped with HW 3.0, it could have probably depicted the exact location of this rogue barrel as Autopilot evaded it. This seemed to be the case, as Navigate on Autopilot’s line actually curved when the Model 3 was preventing the building barrel. 

These episodes hint in the subtle Autopilot improvements that Tesla was releasing with each software upgrade that is new to its fleet. With each advancement, the automobile maker is stepping a bit forward towards Elon Muskaim of releasing a feature-complete version of Full Self-Driving to the company’s access users by the end of the year. With references to inner-city driving being found in Tesla’s source code, and with Navigate on Autopilot getting more and more powerful, Musk’s optimistic goal may prove to be viable after all. 

View Dirty Tesla‘s encounter with the stray construction barrel in the movie below.