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The best part about testing the full system is that you get to see the fruits of the past several years of your life in one nice little package. The worst part about testing the full system is that it makes you wonder what the hell you were thinking when you signed up for this stuff.
Well ok, it's not that bad at all, but I'm a fan of those catchy little witticisms. The fact is that I've been spending a lot of time in the back of the Suburban, wacthing sensor data as we drive the car over endless miles of pavement. I have at least stopped feeling carsick watching the data instead of the road (perhaps we've finally put enough sensors on the car?), but it is tough to run for so long without wanting to stop to make changes. I won't claim things are perfect, or even near perfect- they never will be. For now, I'll be happy if we can take the car out one day and find fewer new bugs than we resolve. For what it's worth, I'd also be happy if there were some decent radio stations in Romulus, NY.
The car has gotten to the point where it drives decently, or at least to the point where those riding in the car are not likely to sue the sensors or planner guys for whiplash (that would be an interesting lawsuit). The difficulty will forever be reconciling the interface between sensors and the planner, and the fact that finding a car in sensor data is like looking for a needle in a stack of needles. It's not that any part of our system has any fundamental flaw, but more the anything-is-possible truth of the real world. Tch, real world.
DISCLAIMER: the technical investigations of this team should in no way be perceived as anything but a dedicated and rigorous research effort. Please do not reproduce or otherwise make available any portion of the material found within unless permission is obtained from the author first.
The best part about testing the full system is that you get to see the fruits of the past several years of your life in one nice little package. The worst part about testing the full system is that it makes you wonder what the hell you were thinking when you signed up for this stuff.
Well ok, it's not that bad at all, but I'm a fan of those catchy little witticisms. The fact is that I've been spending a lot of time in the back of the Suburban, wacthing sensor data as we drive the car over endless miles of pavement. I have at least stopped feeling carsick watching the data instead of the road (perhaps we've finally put enough sensors on the car?), but it is tough to run for so long without wanting to stop to make changes. I won't claim things are perfect, or even near perfect- they never will be. For now, I'll be happy if we can take the car out one day and find fewer new bugs than we resolve. For what it's worth, I'd also be happy if there were some decent radio stations in Romulus, NY.
The car has gotten to the point where it drives decently, or at least to the point where those riding in the car are not likely to sue the sensors or planner guys for whiplash (that would be an interesting lawsuit). The difficulty will forever be reconciling the interface between sensors and the planner, and the fact that finding a car in sensor data is like looking for a needle in a stack of needles. It's not that any part of our system has any fundamental flaw, but more the anything-is-possible truth of the real world. Tch, real world.
Brian: "Pose is rejecting all the measurements." Frank: "What, you think you're better than us?"
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