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Robot cars can be crashed with tinfoil and painted cardboard (www.theregister.com)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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, and suggest the attack could be applied to other self-driving cars.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Its still a problem, A sheet held across the road on a string would show up as a wall to both cameras and lidar. I for one am buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo looking forward to the emerging profession of road pirates robbing automated trucks this way.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

road pirates robbing automated trucks

Ok but the problem of road pirates isn't new either, is it? Let's watch 'Herbie' again :-)

There is just one risk that is kinda new (but actually coming with every automation): systematic errors could bring vulnerabilities that get exploited in large numbers.