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Yeah, the commercial ventures are all trying to do autonomous driving on a budget. The military systems work a whole lot better but that's because they pack way
by hardolaf 5y ago
Yeah, the commercial ventures are all trying to do autonomous driving on a budget. The military systems work a whole lot better but that's because they pack way more sensors and way more compute power and can essentially power through issues like rain, snow, sandstorms, etc.
- mwattsun 5y agoI didn't know this. Why the commercial cars are allowed in civilian traffic when they aren't the best systems? Is it too much to ask Waymo to have the latest and greatest when I put my kids in the robot car to take them to school? Because I learned as an Uber/Lyft driver that is something people do. I had to refuse it was against the rules to take unaccompanied minors.
- ironman1478 5y agoThe commercial systems are designed for the environments where they are supposed to work and no more. The parent said that the military vehicles can handle sand or snow. Neither of those are present in SF and the bay area in general. Waymo and the other companies are only going to deploy to climates that they have solved and in the background try to solve more operating environments.
- mwattsun 5y agoI was told by the Waymo trainer that Lidar doesn't work in the rain. It certainly rains here.
- ironman1478 5y agohe waymo vehicles seem to have a radar and that does operate in the rain. Also, the waymo vehicles have safety drivers, so my statement currently holds as they technically haven't released the vehicle in that environment in a full self driving mode. They will either need to figure out how to operate safely in rain or simply not deploy the fleet on those days if they cannot.