Kangaroos Are Confusing Volvos

[93Regina]

Kangaroos Are Confusing Volvo’s Self-Driving Vehicle Tech In Australia
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Recent reports from Australia indicate the iconic animal is posing problems for at least one brand’s self-driving vehicle tech. Volvo’s self-driving vehicle testing in that country has been hamstrung to some degree by the confusing movement of kangaroos.

“The vehicles’ detection system has been exposed to large animals before — it came across moose while being tested in Sweden and it can respond to deer, elk and caribou. But kangaroos move much differently than other animals and their hopping is throwing off the system,” Engadget reports.

[mrbrian200]

They'll have to program it to recognize the shape of the kangaroo and treat it differently from 4 footed animals: Fix on the distance when it's feet are touching the ground and lock/disregard the apparent further distance when they hop.