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Waymos are capable of seeing cats - I was in one looking at the route view the other day, and it highlighted a cat that was a decent distance away sitting in a
by astrange 10mo ago
Waymos are capable of seeing cats - I was in one looking at the route view the other day, and it highlighted a cat that was a decent distance away sitting in a front yard as it passed it. Then it went through a roundabout seemingly just to show it could do it.
(It then proceeded to drop me off in a weird back corner spot in Santana Row by a loading dock. Can't have everything.)
I assume once you're close enough or actually under it there's a blind spot. It doesn't seem very good at evading potholes either.
- l-albertovich 10mo agoSomething I hadn't thought about is, could it be that electric cars are not perceived as a threat due to the lack / different of noise, vibration and heat when compared to a combustion car? I know animals nap under cars all the time but at least with "regular" cars they seemed to be more aware of the danger. I'm not talking about waymo, self driving, human in the loop or any of that here, I'm just curious because I wonder if the same thing would've happened with a combustion engine and if there are any "easy wins" in terms of deterrence.
- astrange 10mo agoDoesn't the heat make cars more attractive? I know squirrels like living in engines and sometimes eating the cables.