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Waymos are not full robotaxis. It's an illusion provided by having the humans responsible for the cars in a remote location. We don't have transparency on how t
by greenthrow 2y ago
Waymos are not full robotaxis. It's an illusion provided by having the humans responsible for the cars in a remote location. We don't have transparency on how that system runs and how often the humans intervene. We also sweep under the rug many, many non-crash traffic incidents. Watch videos on Youtube of peoplr taking Waymos and you will see the cars do lots of dumb stuff. If there were lots more of them it would make traffic even more of a problem than it is today.
- Animats 2y agoWaymo says they do not do remote controlled driving. The remote operators can only give hints to the self-driving system, such as "make a U-turn and take a different route". They don't trust the data connection to have good enough latency for remote control. Baidu, which has some self-driving cars in China, reportedly does use remote manual driving when necessary. Probably more than they admit, because it was a big thing that it was available for the 2022 Olympics. BYD recently announced that they will not be using BYD's technology. Not good enough for production cars. Waymo still has rather bulky rotating LIDAR scanners. That technology needs to shrink more before wide deployment. A few years ago, there were lots of LIDAR startups, but few LIDAR buyers, so that industry collapsed.
- Animats 2y agoCorrection: BYD recently announced that they will not be using Baidu's technology.