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>No, none of the big 5 are capable anymore. I mostly agree, but seen some of Google's acquisitions and what they're doing now? Boston Dynamics are making some
by SamUK96 10y ago
>No, none of the big 5 are capable anymore.
I mostly agree, but seen some of Google's acquisitions and what they're doing now? Boston Dynamics are making some huge strides in robotic motion.
- jackvalentine 10y agoGoogle are selling Boston Dynamics.
- jfoutz 10y agoThere is no question that every one of the big five will advance the state of the art. IMHO, google will create amazing technology around self driving cars, and likely a bunch of other stuff. They don't have the need, the urgency, or the hunger that Tesla has. Ask a google engineer. they'll tell you Tesla is screwing up the market. Tesla is risking the existence of self driving cars ever happening. One big failure means massive lawsuits and regulation. That may be true. But it's clear, Google does not need the win. Google is unwilling to take the risks to make it happen. They're going the Xerox route. And that's completely fine. Google has a lot to lose. They could easily be put in a situation where they have to pay billions, for years. They will get there eventually, they might even win. They're just structurally incapable of risking what Tesla can risk.
- ocdtrekkie 10y agoGoogle's entire talent pool for self-driving cars has left. They had basically the original CMU group from the DARPA challenges, but they've since gone.
- walterbell 10y agoWhere/why did they go?
- ocdtrekkie 10y agoSebastian Thrun went to Udacity, where he's started development on an open source self-driving car project (unlike Google's proprietary system), and Chris Urmson seems to have not announced any new projects at this point. I haven't followed details on some of the lesser known entities, but I wouldn't be shocked if they eventually gravitated towards Thrun's project.