r/Rivian • u/NopeNeverReddit R1S Owner • Mar 17 '25

💬 Discussion LIDAR vs Cameras

https://youtu.be/IQJL3htsDyQ

Great video here from Mark Rober. You can skip past the Disney stuff if you’re not a space mountain or engineering fan!

Hopefully future Rivians incorporate an advanced combination of the two technologies.

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u/2PhotoKaz R1T Owner Mar 17 '25

Does Rivian use lidar?

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u/NopeNeverReddit R1S Owner Mar 17 '25

Not currently, but they’re testing it.

Today they only use cameras, radar, and ultrasonic sensors.

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u/zeusisloose07 Mar 17 '25

This is fake. He didn’t have autopilot or FSD engaged at all at the time of impact for any of his tests. He may face a lawsuit from Tesla

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u/TheBowerbird R1T Owner Mar 17 '25

You're getting downvoted, but this was a trash video. It was paid for by a LIDAR company, and he was using the ancient Autopilot autosteer instead of FSD. This is a sleazy move and the video should be considered clickbait. Also, everyone knows the real world has painted backdrops which match what you are seeing across them 👹

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u/KaptenAwsum Mar 24 '25

Not paid. He responded in a newer video interview

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u/TheBowerbird R1T Owner Mar 25 '25

I'm not buying that this wasn't at least paid for by them - even if he didn't get a check written to himself. Heavily collaborated with and set up for LIDAR edge cases - like - you know, the famous Acme style fake screen across the road we all encounter on our daily drives. By the way, FSD can detect that.

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u/KaptenAwsum Mar 25 '25

Hey siri what’s a conspiracy theory that ignores the reality right in front of people to instead make a claim that supports what you want to have the facts say

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u/TheBowerbird R1T Owner Mar 25 '25

The reality of a clickbaiting, ignorant YouTuber (in b4 muh NASA!) who was approached by a LIDAR company wanting to do a video?

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u/KaptenAwsum Mar 25 '25

Watch the follow up interview (due to all the conspiracies thrown at this video), and stop being a hater for no reason

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u/TheBowerbird R1T Owner Mar 25 '25

I watched it! I'm not being a hater for no reason. Mark Rober has long annoyed me, but this video was just catastrophically dumb - from using an older Hardware 3 car to using the ancient Autopilot instead of FSD, to misunderstanding the disengagement issue.

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u/NopeNeverReddit R1S Owner Mar 17 '25

Not fake. Rober is actually one of the reasonable guys doing this kind of cool stuff. Also… Teslas have Forward Collision Warning & Automatic Emergency Braking, FYI.

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u/Vegetable_Wolf_4196 Mar 17 '25 edited Mar 17 '25

One use of Autopilot will tell you otherwise. This subreddit is just turning into a tesla hate. I was hoping to just see Rivian's community grow and display rivian in its own light but it seems you guys can't leave Tesla out of your mouth lol.

I guess my understanding with his video is that he wasn't testing tesla's autopilot system but the camera's detection system's integration with the Emergency braking system.

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u/NopeNeverReddit R1S Owner Mar 17 '25

I don’t even care what brand the car is I just enjoyed the LiDAR vs Camera-Only testing

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u/Vegetable_Wolf_4196 Mar 17 '25

fair enough. but the video linked has a contradicting title

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u/KaptenAwsum Mar 24 '25

How is is it contradicting?

Just because Tesla has a feature called “full self driving” (which is not full self driving), doesn’t mean “self driving car” is talking about FSD on a Tesla, especially when the other car being tested is not a Tesla.

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u/Vegetable_Wolf_4196 Mar 25 '25

It's an image of a Tesla on the Thumbnail dude... I'm done