Petit said more details would be revealed at the security conference at the Black Hat Europe in November.
I can take echoes of a fake car and put them at any location I want.
And I can do the same with a pedestrian or a wall, he told IEEE Spectrum.
This means that they can make bad decisions on the data they collect from the road and surrounding environment.
If a self-driving car has poor inputs, it will make poor driving decisions, he said.
The Lidar system is currently being used in trials on the streets in Milton Keynes.
In the trials, 22 sensors and artificial intelligence are used by LUTZ Pathfinder vehicles to avoid collisions.
The system has been called as the cutting edge by UK Transport Systems Catapult.
However, Petit has been able to fool it with his laser pen.
I dont think any of the Lidar manufacturers have thought about this or tried this, he said.
Recently, the recall was extended to another 7,810 vehicles fearing safety issues.
source: www.techworm.net
