Researchers crash Baidu robo-cars with tinfoil and paint daubed on cardboard ( go.theregister.com )

The fusion of Lidar, radar, and cameras can be fooled by stuff from your kids' craft box A team of researchers from prominent universities – including SUNY Buffalo, Iowa State, UNC Charlotte, and Purdue – were able to turn an autonomous vehicle (AV) operated on the open sourced Apollo driving platform from Chinese web giant Baidu into a deadly weapon by tricking its multi-sensor fusion system.…

awesome_lowlander ,

Well yes, if you cover my eyes with cardboard and tinfoil I'm probably crashing into something too.

pennomi ,

It’s actually a small metal object you can place in front of the car to make it think something big and dangerous is there. The article suggests attacking such an object to a drone for maximum chaos.

awesome_lowlander ,

Actually the opposite, it makes them unable to see the big and dangerous object ahead of them.

I would liken it to flashing lasers at drivers' eyes. Obviously illegal, dangerous, but reasonably uncommon in the real world and something the authorities should be able to reasonably prevent.

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