Yes. That’s what I meant. I’d bet this “Policing Lab” is closer to MTV’s Pimp my Ride with Xzibit, than a research institute outperforming Ford at their own cars with cutting-edge research on Lidar, sensor fusion and special AI training… They likely have someone who does the vinyl on the car, someone who cuts a hole in the roof so the drone can be deployed and an electrician to wire everything to 2 computers and 3 smartphones. Only difference they don’t install a whirlpool and a sound system in the back. Okay, there has to be a bit more to this story, but they omit all the interesting (technical) details, I wonder why…
Edit: And reading their website makes me reconsider what I just said. Seems they have some other surveillance tech to sell and embedded and AI assistance and optimization. Could be a marketing campaign to sell the other stuff. And they don’t even write themselves about self-driving. From what I gather on their website, the car is supposed to sit somewhere, as deterrence and provide a live video-feed and scan license plates. And then there’s the drone on top and the entire car can be used as an intercom.
It is a safe guess that nobody has self driving Fords more advanced than Ford.
Yes. That’s what I meant. I’d bet this “Policing Lab” is closer to MTV’s Pimp my Ride with Xzibit, than a research institute outperforming Ford at their own cars with cutting-edge research on Lidar, sensor fusion and special AI training… They likely have someone who does the vinyl on the car, someone who cuts a hole in the roof so the drone can be deployed and an electrician to wire everything to 2 computers and 3 smartphones. Only difference they don’t install a whirlpool and a sound system in the back. Okay, there has to be a bit more to this story, but they omit all the interesting (technical) details, I wonder why…
Edit: And reading their website makes me reconsider what I just said. Seems they have some other surveillance tech to sell and embedded and AI assistance and optimization. Could be a marketing campaign to sell the other stuff. And they don’t even write themselves about self-driving. From what I gather on their website, the car is supposed to sit somewhere, as deterrence and provide a live video-feed and scan license plates. And then there’s the drone on top and the entire car can be used as an intercom.