Notes from coursera self drive car course
Requirements for perception
Driving task
Input => Analyize menvironment and motion => Planning => Output
OEDR = Object and Event Detection and Response
What is perception?
Making sense of the environment and ourselves. Understand what
Perception goals
Object detection
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Static objects
- Buttons
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Dynamic objects
- Moving elements
Ego localization
- Position
- Viewport
- URL
Perception challenges
- Detection and segmentation is not always reliable.
- Access to large datasets is critical.
Driving decisions and actions
Planning
Making decisions
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Long term
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Short term
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Immediate
Rule based planning
Rules that take into account the current state and other objects and give decisions.
Reactive planning
Predictive planning
Make predictions on how other agents will move over time, then use predictions to inform decisions.