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Can You Fool A Self Driving Car?

Mark Rober · demo · Watch on YouTube

Self-driving & autonomous vehiclesEveryday physics & science demos

What it is

Mark Rober tests whether self-driving cars can be fooled, comparing a lidar-equipped car with a camera-only Tesla in scenarios including a painted Wile E. Coyote wall and smoke.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN uses it as the reference demonstration in lidar versus camera debates, though some critics fault its methodology and style.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2025, last 2026

What HN commenters said

  1. “Check Mark Rober's video, published one month ago, "Can You Fool A Self Driving Car?”

    Compares a Tesla with lidar-equipped cars.

    vault, 2025-04 · Recommendation · in “Raspberry Pi Lidar Scanner”

  2. “Here's a good demonstration why LIDAR SHOULD be implemented instead of what Tesla tries to sell”

    Demonstrates why lidar should be used.

    rudolftheone, 2025-09 · Recommendation · in “Tesla changes meaning of 'Full Self-Driving', gives up on promise of autonomy”

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Topics: lidar, tesla autopilot, self-driving, sensor testing, mark rober

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