BMW has been working on something similar, in the goal of developing new safety/comfort for riders. I tried showing it to some older riders who gave the whole 'they want to automate everything etc etc carburetors drum brakes kick starts points etc'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfGmfV9em1A
That's what most of people don't understand - self driving cars are evolutionary, not revolutionary. You are not getting a car that can do everything - just a car that does progressively slightly more and more every day, like automated parking on 2019 toyotas or adaptive cruise control, etc.
If my car could drop me off at the front door and go park on its own, that would be a significant improvement over the status quo. A personal automated valet is perhaps a little easier than an automated driver that does everything. Low speeds also means stopping or starting on a dime, which would allow it to be more conservative about identifying obstacles than when driving at highway speeds.
I don't really understand why nobody aimed for that sort of incremental improvement. Maybe the sensor package is too expensive to use in such a limited fashion?
BMW has been working on something similar, in the goal of developing new safety/comfort for riders. I tried showing it to some older riders who gave the whole 'they want to automate everything etc etc carburetors drum brakes kick starts points etc' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfGmfV9em1A