"But Ryan Calo, a professor at the University of Washington’s law school, who writes regularly on robotics and cyber law, said in a tweet: “I watched the video of the driverless car collide with Ms Herzberg and I simply disagree that it absolves Uber.” Both Prof Calo and Bryant Walker Smith, assistant professor at the University of South Carolina’s law school and an expert on autonomous vehicles, said that the Uber vehicle’s array of sensors and camera equipment, which include a Lidar system that sends out laser pulses to “see” its surroundings, should have detected Ms Herzberg, given her position on the street. “Although this appalling video isn’t the full picture, it strongly suggests a failure by Uber’s automated driving system and a lack of due care by Uber’s driver, as well as by the victim,” he said. “The victim is obscured by darkness — but she is moving on an open road. Lidar and radar absolutely should have detected her and classified her as something other than a stationary object.”"
- Date Published:03/22/2018
- Original Publication:Financial Times