Tesla push out Full Self-Driving Beta 10.6.1 with new visibility network, more (changelog)

Tesla has pushed out a minor update to its Full Self-Driving Beta software, taking it to version 10.6.1.

Elon Musk had earlier said the out of band update was coming to fix some “annoying issues”.

10.6.1 coming in a few days to address a few annoying issues

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 6, 2021

The update is now rolling out and features a number of improvements to object detection, an improved visibility network and much more.

The full changelog reads:

• Improved object detection network architecture for non-VRUs (e.g. cars, truck, buses). 7% higher recall, 16% lower depth error, and 21% lower velocity error for crossing vehicles.
• New visibility network with 18.5% less mean relative error.
• New general static object network with 17% precision improvements in high curvature and nighttime cases.
• Improved stopping position at unprotected left turns while yielding to oncoming objects, using object predictions beyond the crossing point.
• Allow more room for longitudinal alignment during merges by incorporating modelling of merge region end.
• Improved comfort when offsetting for objects that are cutting out of your lane.

James Locke is one of the first to upload a video showing the software in action, and was able to manage a 10-minute drive in a residential neighbourhood without any interventions.

He notes that overall he felt the car was accelerating and decelerating much smoother on this build.

See that video below.