Researchers crash Baidu robo-cars with tinfoil and paint daubed on cardboard
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....