Tesla's cameras-only autonomous system stirs controversy

A test at CES, of a vehicle with Luminar LiDAR based crash avoidance technology (R) shows it stopping to avoid a child-sized test dummy, while a Tesla Model Y (L) collides with the test dummy. — AFP

As it pursues the goal of fully autonomous driving, Tesla has bet entirely on cameras and artificial intelligence, shunning other commonly used tools such as laser detection.

Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk has touted a system built around eight "surround" cameras that feed data into the auto's "deep neural network," according to Tesla's website.