[obermd]

https://www.theguardian.com/technol...s-self-driving-cars-are-confused-by-kangaroos

Apparently their algorithms can't handle hopping.

 

[srmarti]

How about a bouncing ball that some kid might be chasing?

 

[obermd]

How about a bouncing ball that some kid might be chasing?

I think it would miss the ball but see the kid. Apparently kangaroos confuse people as well as they're by far the most common animals involved in collisions in Australia.

 

[srmarti]

I think it would miss the ball but see the kid. Apparently kangaroos confuse people as well as they're by far the most common animals involved in collisions in Australia.

Maybe. I'm guessing it might be other factors like terrain, speed, and more kangaroos in Australia than any other animal to hit.

 

[srmarti]

I think it would miss the ball but see the kid. Apparently kangaroos confuse people as well as they're by far the most common animals involved in collisions in Australia.[/QUOTE\]

What about someone crossing the road on a pogo-stick?

 

[ZamboniMan]

How about Kangaroo-driven cars. What confuses them?

 

[Norton]

This whole thread is confusing me....

 

[Don_AZ]

This thread is bouncing all over the place.

 

[obermd]

I think it would miss the ball but see the kid. Apparently kangaroos confuse people as well as they're by far the most common animals involved in collisions in Australia.[/QUOTE\]

What about someone crossing the road on a pogo-stick?

That would confuse me.

 

[Norton]

This thread is bouncing all over the place.

Nice !

But 'bounding' would have really been better!

 

[scrambler]

What about someone crossing the road on a pogo-stick?

If you are crossing the highway on a pogo stick, you deserve to be hit