The media event gave Intel/Mobileye an opportunity to show how far its team has advanced in AV development and to publicly explain a car safety concept called “the
Responsibility-Sensitive Safety (RSS) model.” The goal, of course, is AVs that behave responsibly on public roads.
Industry observers applauded Mobileye’s willingness to discuss its AV strategy. However, this demo opened the door to a host of issues that the AV industry, from Waymo to Intel/Mobileye, has yet to explore, examine, and test before L4 and L5 vehicles can hit the road without hitting something else.
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Separately, the public AV demo in Jerusalem inadvertently allowed a local TV station’s video camera to capture Mobileye’s car
running a red light. (Fast-forward the video to 4:28 for said scene.)
According to Mobileye, the incident was not a software bug in the car. Instead, it was triggered by electromagnetic interference (EMI) between a wireless camera used by the TV crew and the traffic light’s wireless transponder. Mobileye had equipped the traffic light with a wireless transponder — for extra safety — on the route that the AV was scheduled to drive in the demo. As a result, crossed signals from the two wireless sources befuddled the car. The AV actually slowed down at the sight of a red light, but then zipped on through.
While Mobileye isn’t blaming the TV crew for this blunder, it’s a reminder that the industry is still in the experimental stage.
