These silly eyes may make self-driving cars safer, researchers say

Autonomous vehicles like robotaxis would be so much easier to develop if they didn’t have to avoid pedestrians. No, that’s not an Elon Musk quote, just a musing. The fact that researchers at the University of Tokyo put big eyes on a car to try to solve the problem of pedestrians is proof. Yes, they put big eyes on an autonomous car that looks at the people its sensors are paying attention to. If it’s not staring at you, don’t walk in front of it.

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