Mark Rober just set up one of the most interesting self-driving tests of 2025, and he did it by imitating Looney Tunes. The former NASA engineer and current YouTube mad scientist recreated the classic gag where Wile E. Coyote paints a tunnel onto a wall to fool the Road Runner.

Only this time, the test subject wasn’t a cartoon bird… it was a self-driving Tesla Model Y.

The result? A full-speed, 40 MPH impact straight into the wall. Watch the video and tell us what you think!

  • doodledup@lemmy.world
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    9 hours ago

    Doesn’t address the point that humans would be equally deceived by this wall if they don’t pay 100% attention.

    • zqps@sh.itjust.works
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      17 minutes ago

      With this paint job, in this environment? Maybe. Though IRL you would probably see it much clearer due to parallax.

      But if we’re talking e.g. about a dark-ish small barrier, your brain does a much better job to quickly recognize it as obstacle. Whereas cameras without any depth perception would fail completely.