Since last March a woman died in the accident with an Uber autonomous car, questions about the origin of the accident do not stop occurring. Subsequently released video from inside the car showed that the driver was not paying attention to the road. Although this is not sufficient for research. The cause is still being sought, and it seems that there is already a possibility.
Since according to the research, Uber's autonomous car system could have had a software glitch. It is speculated that this could be the cause of this fatal accident. Although it has not yet been confirmed that this is the case with total security.
The first hypotheses commented that the woman appeared suddenly and in an area without light. So it was impossible for the car to identify it. So it was speculated that Uber was not responsible in this regard.. But the development of the investigation reveals other things. So the company is back in the spotlight.
As points to a failure in the object and person recognition system. The radars in the car identify all obstacles that can be found on the road, as well as traffic signs. But in this case the system could have stopped working.
If this theory is confirmed, Uber would be responsible for the accident. So it could be a big problem for the company. However, at the moment we do not have a final report on this accident. It seems that the investigation will take a while yet. So we will have to wait for more details.