Waymo's Self Driving Car Lunch!
It's the last month of 2018 and self driving cars are still not seen on our roads, well that's not entirely true. Waymo has just launched its self driving car.
We remember Waymo as the part of Google that was working on its self driving car development project and that just recently made into its own separate division on December, two years ago.
Google holds the record of working and developing autonomous vehicles longer than any company, and for a year and half, Waymo has been testing and improving both the vehicle and the algorithm it runs on, and are now aiming towards taking passengers.
They plan to be like the regular "ride sharing" service companies in which you use the app, pick your destination, hail a ride and in a few minutes, one of Waymo's self driving minivans shows up. Waymo calls this service the "Waymo One."
The vehicle is covered with high powered devices and sensors (e.g. radar, lidar, ultrasonic and cameras) to give it a full 360 degrees view.
Waymo's self driving cars will only be available in a few towns around Phoenix which means that it is geo_fenced, will be limited to a few members of the "Early Rider Program" and will still have a human driver, for now for the first stage of the launch.
The Verge does a pretty good review of the Waymo One in their video, check it out.
So, do you think that self driving cars are the future? Is the direction we are taking the right one? Let me know what you think in the comment section.
We remember Waymo as the part of Google that was working on its self driving car development project and that just recently made into its own separate division on December, two years ago.
Google holds the record of working and developing autonomous vehicles longer than any company, and for a year and half, Waymo has been testing and improving both the vehicle and the algorithm it runs on, and are now aiming towards taking passengers.
They plan to be like the regular "ride sharing" service companies in which you use the app, pick your destination, hail a ride and in a few minutes, one of Waymo's self driving minivans shows up. Waymo calls this service the "Waymo One."
The vehicle is covered with high powered devices and sensors (e.g. radar, lidar, ultrasonic and cameras) to give it a full 360 degrees view.
Waymo's self driving cars will only be available in a few towns around Phoenix which means that it is geo_fenced, will be limited to a few members of the "Early Rider Program" and will still have a human driver, for now for the first stage of the launch.
The Verge does a pretty good review of the Waymo One in their video, check it out.
So, do you think that self driving cars are the future? Is the direction we are taking the right one? Let me know what you think in the comment section.
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