Toyota joins Tesla in developing self-driving tech with low-cost cameras

By Hyunjoo Jin
FILE PHOTO The Toyota logo is pictured at the 43rd Bangkok International Motor Show in Bangkok Thailand March 22 2022. REUTERSAthit Perawongmetha

FILE PHOTO: The Toyota logo is pictured at the 43rd Bangkok International Motor Show, in Bangkok, Thailand, March 22, 2022. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

San Francisco (Reuters) - Toyota Motor unit Woven Planet has joined Tesla Inc in trying to advance self-driving technology without expensive sensors such as lidars.

Woven Planet told Reuters it is able to use low-cost cameras to collect data and effectively train its self-driving system, a "breakthrough" that it hopes will help drive down costs and scale up the technology.

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