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They also report the number of "disengagements" where the human driver had to take control of the vehicle. In 2016, Waymo cars drove 636,000 miles with 124 dis
by panarky 10y ago
They also report the number of "disengagements" where the human driver had to take control of the vehicle.
In 2016, Waymo cars drove 636,000 miles with 124 disengagements [1].
Uber’s autonomous cars drove 20,354 miles and had to be taken over at every mile [2].
Uber is a menace.
[1] https://www.wired.com/2017/02/california-dmv-autonomous-car-disengagement/ https://www.wired.com/2017/02/california-dmv-autonomous-car-...
[2] http://www.recode.net/2017/3/16/14938116/uber-travis-kalanick-self-driving-internal-metrics-slow-progress http://www.recode.net/2017/3/16/14938116/uber-travis-kalanic...
- tyingq 10y agoI suspect you're right. However, a higher number of disengagements could just point to a more cautious approach, more difficult environment, etc. Hard to pin it exactly to maturity. For example, I believe Waymo cars drive mostly on a fixed number of preplanned routes. You would expect limited disengagements over time, as it's got tons of data on those specific routes.
- makomk 10y agoAlso, Uber outright refused to comply with California law and register their self-driving car program, and it's looking more and more like the reason they did that is so they didn't have to publicly disclose those disengagement numbers.