Waymo is almost certainly using a ton of computer vision in its cars. Vision is needed to classify objects on the road, predict the behaviors of pedestrians, bi

Waymo is almost certainly using a ton of computer vision in its cars. Vision is needed to classify objects on the road, predict the behaviors of pedestrians, bikers and other drivers, read road signs and traffic lights, etc. As far as I can tell, LIDAR makes a lot of prediction tasks much easier (since you have both images and LIDAR point clouds), and is also a backup for obstacle detection to ensure that your self-driving car doesn't crash.