By: Peter Ondruska, Head of AV Research; and Guido Zuidhof, Software Engineer Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL) is a relatively new conference focused on the intersection of robotics and modern machine learning. Its 3rd edition was held in Osaka, Japan at the beginning of November. Read on for a summary of the most relevant papers to… Continue reading Lyft: Self-Driving Research in Review: CoRL 2019
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Lyft: Designing the Decision-making Center of an Autonomous Vehicle
By: Alan Agon, Product Manager; Sammy Omari, Engineering Manager; and Sameer Qureshi, Director, Product Management The current benchmark for driving Imagine you’re driving down the freeway, and you see a car cutting across multiple lanes to make the upcoming exit. You move your foot from the accelerator to the brake and slow down slightly in anticipation.… Continue reading Lyft: Designing the Decision-making Center of an Autonomous Vehicle
GrabFood Unveils Safety Initiatives for Delivery-Partners Switching to Bicycles and Power Assisted Bicycles
GrabFood is conducting the “Safe Riding on Pedal and Power-Assisted Bicycle (PABs)” course as part of the Delivery Rider Kit training programme, in partnership with NTUC’s U FSE, NTUC’s e2i, NTUC LearningHub, SkillsFuture Singapore and WorkForce Singapore. GrabFood is conducting the “Safe Riding on Pedal and Power-Assisted Bicycle (PABs)” course as part of the Delivery… Continue reading GrabFood Unveils Safety Initiatives for Delivery-Partners Switching to Bicycles and Power Assisted Bicycles
Lyft: ‘Tis The Season To Earn (Lots Of) Miles With Delta
Sometimes giving is the best gift. But sometimes it’s nice to get stuff. We’ve teamed up with Delta® to make your holiday travel more rewarding. When you link your SkyMiles® account at delta.com/lyftholiday between Dec. 9 and Jan. 2, you’ll get 10 miles for every $1* you spend on Lyft rides to or from US… Continue reading Lyft: ‘Tis The Season To Earn (Lots Of) Miles With Delta
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Learn all 99 security tools
Safety is a priority for 99 before, during and after races. That’s why the company continually invests in preventive systems, protection tools and humanized care for passengers and drivers. Features include artificial intelligence to map and avoid risks before races; tools such as security cameras and route sharing available along the way; and a 24-hour… Continue reading Learn all 99 security tools
Lyft: Leveraging Early Sensor Fusion for Safer Autonomous Vehicles
By: Interns Eric Vincent¹ and Kanaad Parvate², with support from Andrew Zhong, Lars Schnyder, Kiril Vidimce, Lei Zhang, and Ashesh Jain from our Perception Team Accurate perception to enable safe autonomy In order to safely navigate the world, an autonomous vehicle (AV) needs to accurately perceive the objects that surround it. This includes dynamic objects such… Continue reading Lyft: Leveraging Early Sensor Fusion for Safer Autonomous Vehicles
Grab Launches Asia’s First Numberless Card
Grab announced the launch of GrabPay Card, Asia’s first numberless card that offers users unparalleled card security, access to an expanded rewards ecosystem and hassle-free Grab payments integration in order to bring cashless convenience to millions in Southeast Asia. The GrabPay Card has no numbers on the physical card, offering users exceptional security when they… Continue reading Grab Launches Asia’s First Numberless Card
A Tour through openpilot
A Tour Through openpilot This document is mostly written for internal consumption, but I figured, why not make it public? openpilot is our open source ADAS system that anyone can contribute to. We’ll start at the hardware and work our way up. Note: in the 0.6 series of openpilot, camerad, modeld, and monitoringd all are combined… Continue reading A Tour through openpilot
The fundamental ridesharing diagram
Coauthored with Marco Laumanns On-demand mobility services have proliferated in recent years. If properly designed, they can be instrumental in revolutionizing public transportation by allowing the movement of more people while also reducing the fleet size and the distance driven. Bestmile’s white paper and technical report on service design offer a detailed description of the science… Continue reading The fundamental ridesharing diagram