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Those environments have been mapped out to a very high level of detail. It's a similar "long-tail" problem — all very well and good to have self-driving cars ru
by marcellus23 4y ago
Those environments have been mapped out to a very high level of detail. It's a similar "long-tail" problem — all very well and good to have self-driving cars running around downtown SF after spending tons of effort and time creating a virtual map of the city, but it's quite something else to get general self-driving that will work across the entire country.
- laidoffamazon 4y agoI don’t think doing it for the entire country is even a goal for these AV only companies. For trucking theyll HD map the highways. For city center taxi service HD maps and remote assistance are fine.
- minwcnt5 4y agoCruise went from nothing to a public driverless service in Austin in 90 days, and that involves a LOT more than just mapping the area. Waymo had a comparable timeline for expanding to downtown Phoenix from the suburbs. Mapping is not the albatross you think it is. It's essentially just Google Maps/Streetview (which covers the whole world) with extra sensors and larger hard drives. A problem that's been solved for over 15 years already.