Tesla tricked into reacting to false lane markers

A teams of researchers at Israel's Ben-Gurion University created a basic projection system that is able to trick Tesla’s Autopilot driver assistance system into seeing things that don't exist.

The team used off-the-shelf drones and a cheap projector to project a number of 'phantom' images onto the road, including false traffic lines and a false speed limit sign.

Whilst the reaction of the Tesla was mostly fairly limited - when shown an image of Elon Musk, the Autopilot system slowed from 18mph to 14mph - the spoofs show how easily a Tesla could be manipulated by third-parties. 

Ben-Gurion student Ben Nassi also successfully spoofed a Mobileye 630 PRO driver assist system using inexpensive drones and battery-powered projectors.

Research, advocacy 🧮

• https://www.nassiben.com/phantoms

• Incident video 1

• Incident video 2

News, commentary, analysis 🗞️

• https://arstechnica.com/cars/2020/01/how-a-300-projector-can-fool-teslas-autopilot/

• https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7944181/Israeli-scientists-trick-Teslas-Autopilot-feature-projecting-fake-signs-road.html

• https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2019/04/01/hackers-use-little-stickers-to-trick-tesla-autopilot-into-the-wrong-lane/

• https://www.thedrive.com/news/27262/you-can-fool-teslas-autopilot-by-placing-small-stickers-on-the-ground-study-finds

• https://electrek.co/2019/04/01/tesla-autopilot-hacker-tricked/

• https://tech.slashdot.org/story/19/04/02/0347232/researchers-trick-tesla-autopilot-into-steering-into-oncoming-traffic

• https://thenextweb.com/cars/2020/02/05/teslas-autopilot-dangerously-fooled-by-drone-mounted-projectors/