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Evolution of Waymo's Autonomous Vehicles
TLDR Waymo has successfully developed autonomous vehicles equipped with sensors, lasers, radars, cameras, and software, overcoming challenges like closed toll booths and unexpected events on the road. They aim to deploy this technology in various commercial applications, impacting trillions of miles traveled globally within the next 10 years.
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Dmitri Dolgov of Waymo discusses the development and success of autonomous vehicles, highlighting the company's driverless taxis in San Francisco and Phoenix.
04:34
Waymo built a car equipped with sensors, lasers, radars, cameras, and software to interact with dynamic actors on the road, evolving significantly from the early days of self-driving car technology.
09:35
Developing self-driving car technology in the early days involved facing seemingly impossible goals with a small team working around the clock to overcome challenges like navigating closed toll booths and unexpected events on the road.
14:15
Waymo engineers tackled fundamental challenges to create a fully autonomous vehicle by going after big wins and deeply thinking about the most important aspects of self-driving technology.
19:01
Waymo shifted its focus to building a fully autonomous vehicle in 2013 after realizing the limitations of driver assist technology and the potential for full autonomy to revolutionize transportation globally.
24:02
Waymo's third generation vehicle, the Firefly, was designed as a low-speed shuttle for places like retirement communities or campuses, and in 2015, the first public autonomous ride was successfully completed in Austin, Texas.
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Waymo successfully launched the Waymo One service in Chandler, Arizona in 2018, offering autonomous rides to external riders, and later in 2020, they introduced the first fully autonomous ride-hailing service open to the public.
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Waymo's autonomous ride-hailing service in San Francisco operates 24/7 with electric Jaguar SUVs, and despite initial fears, passengers quickly become comfortable and at ease with the technology.
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Waymo aims to deploy its autonomous driving technology in various commercial applications, including ride-hailing services, trucking and deliveries, and personally owned vehicles, with the goal of positively impacting a significant portion of the trillions of miles traveled globally.
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Waymo's focus is on developing fully autonomous vehicles for ride-hailing services, trucking, deliveries, and personally owned vehicles, with the expectation that autonomous taxis will be available in most major urban centers in the U.S. within the next 10 years.
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