San Francisco, April 6 (Reuters) – Toyota Motor (7203.T) unit Woven Planet has joined Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) in trying to advance self-driving technology without expensive sensors such as lidars. Woven Planet told Reuters it is able to use low-cost cameras to collect data and effectively train its self-driving system, a “breakthrough” that it hopes will… Continue reading Toyota joins Tesla in developing self-driving tech with low-cost cameras, article with gallery
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Why I Ride with Waymo: Dalibor
Dalibor – thanks for taking the time to chat with us. Mind starting out with a little background on yourself? Yes, I’m Dalibor, and I’m 23 years old. I’ve been living in San Francisco for just over a year now in Outer Richmond, and so far, it’s been great. I currently work as a barista… Continue reading Why I Ride with Waymo: Dalibor
Geely to launch 13 models in 2022
A Geely smart assembly line in Huzhou, Zhejiang province. [Photo by TAN YUNFENG/FOR CHINA DAILY] Geely Auto Group said on Wednesday that it is planning to launch 13 models this year, most of which will be hybrids and electric vehicles. These new vehicles will help Geely, China’s largest private carmaker, to achieve its sales goal… Continue reading Geely to launch 13 models in 2022
Taking our next step in the City by the Bay
This morning in San Francisco, a fully autonomous all-electric Jaguar I-PACE, with no human driver behind the wheel, picked up a Waymo engineer to get their morning coffee and go to work. Since sharing that we were ready to take the next step and begin testing fully autonomous operations in the city, we’ve begun fully… Continue reading Taking our next step in the City by the Bay
Ford Next and the autonomous driving unit
The manufacturer Ford has announced a new department to take care of new technologies and autonomous driving. The new department for new technologies and autonomous driving at ford should accelerate the development in these areas. CEO Faley founded Ford Next last year, which was headed by Franck Louis-Victor. This also includes participation in the start-up… Continue reading Ford Next and the autonomous driving unit
To our fellow San Franciscans
Our mission at Waymo is to make it safer and easier for people and things to get where they’re going. It’s in our name, which originated from the belief that there must be a better way forward in mobility. Here in San Francisco, we are privileged to share the road with everyone who makes up… Continue reading To our fellow San Franciscans
The Station: Tier buys Spin, Waymo gets to charge for robotaxi and Tesla needs a Tim Cook
The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Sign up here — just click The Station — to receive it every weekend in your inbox. Hello readers: Welcome to The Station, your central hub for all past, present and future means of moving people and packages from Point A to Point B. Your… Continue reading The Station: Tier buys Spin, Waymo gets to charge for robotaxi and Tesla needs a Tim Cook
New data sets for autonomous driving available
Two sets of data are now available: thermal camera view set from Teledyne FLIR and a label treasure from Waymo. Datasets are required to familiarize the vehicle AI with reality in the simulation. In this way, the AI can learn how to behave correctly in traffic. The scenes from the real world are bases for… Continue reading New data sets for autonomous driving available
Expanding the Waymo Open Dataset with new labels and challenges
We launched the Waymo Open Dataset back in 2019 as one of the largest and most diverse autonomous driving datasets ever released for research. At the time, it consisted of multimodal sensor data from 1,000 driving segments. As a result of the overwhelmingly positive reception and high engagement, we have continuously evolved the dataset beyond… Continue reading Expanding the Waymo Open Dataset with new labels and challenges
Kodiak Robotics is moving autonomous freight for Ceva Logistics
Autonomous trucking startup Kodiak Robotics has partnered with Ceva Logistics to deliver freight autonomously between Dallas-Forth Worth and Austin and Dallas-Fort Worth and Oklahoma City, the company said on Wednesday, marking its first publicly announced customer. This is not a pilot or an agreement to test Kodiak’s tech on the wide open road. Ceva is… Continue reading Kodiak Robotics is moving autonomous freight for Ceva Logistics