YooJung Ahn is Waymo’s head of design. She oversees the design of the Waymo “driver,” a complicated combination of hardware, software, and user experiences. She also helped designed the famous Firefly vehicle — the first clean-sheet self-driving Google car, which was unveiled in 2014. Ahn now works on Waymo’s vehicles, which are supplied by Fiat… Continue reading Waymo’s head of design explains the challenges of creating an autonomous robot ‘driver’ (GOOGL)
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UPDATE 2-UPS buying 10,000 electric delivery vans, will test Waymo self-driving vehicles next month
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – United Parcel Service Inc on Wednesday expanded its efforts to cut emissions and delivery costs with separate deals to order 10,000 electric delivery trucks from UK-based Arrival Ltd and test Waymo self-driving vehicles to carry packages. FILE PHOTO: The company logo for United Parcel Service (UPS), is displayed on a screen… Continue reading UPDATE 2-UPS buying 10,000 electric delivery vans, will test Waymo self-driving vehicles next month
Waymo’s self-driving vans will carry UPS packages in Phoenix
Sponsored Links Waymo Waymo is expanding its foray into self-driving delivery vehicles. The Alphabet brand is teaming with UPS on a pilot that will have autonomous Chrysler Pacifica vans carry packages in the metro Phoenix area. They’ll be shuttling cargo from UPS Stores to the courier’s Tempe processing hub, not directly to customers, but they… Continue reading Waymo’s self-driving vans will carry UPS packages in Phoenix
UPDATE 1-UPS inks electric van deal with Arrival, to test Waymo automation
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – United Parcel Service Inc said on Wednesday it was ordering 10,000 electric delivery trucks from UK-based Arrival Ltd and teaming with self-driving startup Waymo as package carriers work to cut costs and tailpipe pollution. FILE PHOTO: The company logo for United Parcel Service (UPS), is displayed on a screen at the… Continue reading UPDATE 1-UPS inks electric van deal with Arrival, to test Waymo automation
Self-driving company Waymo teams up with UPS for package delivery
Waymo will start delivering parcels for UPS using its self-driving Chrysler Pacifica minivans in Phoenix as part of a broader partnership with the shipping and logistics company. The companies said Wednesday that Waymo will pilot autonomous vehicle package pickup in metro Phoenix — the same area where its self-driving vehicles already operate. The minivans will… Continue reading Self-driving company Waymo teams up with UPS for package delivery
Lyft: Self-Driving Research in Review: NeurIPS 2019
By: Peter Ondruska, Head of AV Research and Vladimir Iglovikov, Software Engineer Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS) is one of the largest machine learning conferences in the world. There’s such high interest in attending that tickets are distributed through a lottery system! If you weren’t able to make it, you’re in luck. We’ve collected the most relevant… Continue reading Lyft: Self-Driving Research in Review: NeurIPS 2019
Cruise’s New ‘More Than A Concept’ Robotaxi Presages A Battle With Zoox – Forbes
Cruise, a unit of General Motors with investment from Honda, revealed a new “not a concept” self-driving vehicle last week. The vehicle is custom designed for self driving, with large sliding doors, electric drive and face-to-face seating. Cruise CEO Dan Ammann outlined their vision for the vehicle and it has much in common with the robotaxi vision… Continue reading Cruise’s New ‘More Than A Concept’ Robotaxi Presages A Battle With Zoox – Forbes
GM’s Detroit-Hamtramck plant will build Cruise Origin self-driving shuttle
Detroit — General Motors Co. is expected to announce Monday plans to build the all-electric Cruise Origin self-driving shuttle at the Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly plant, according to two sources familiar with the matter. The Origin, developed by Cruise LLC, the autonomous-vehicle unit of GM, was created in partnership with Honda Motor Co. Unveiled in San Francisco on Tuesday, it’s a boxy… Continue reading GM’s Detroit-Hamtramck plant will build Cruise Origin self-driving shuttle
Cruise’s self-driving electric shuttle is made for ridesharing
Cruise still isn’t ready to say when its autonomous vehicle will be available, but now it’s shown off the Origin, a GM-built electric shuttle van that doesn’t have a steering wheel or pedals. Instead it’s fully self-driving, intended to be a shareable, modular vehicle that can handle being on the road all the time. It’s… Continue reading Cruise’s self-driving electric shuttle is made for ridesharing
GM’s Cruise unit unveils driverless prototype vehicle for ride-sharing service
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – General Motors Co’s (GM.N) self-driving car unit, Cruise, on Tuesday unveiled a prototype electric vehicle with no steering wheel or pedals for use in its planned autonomous ride-sharing service. Dan Ammann, chief executive officer of Cruise, a Honda and General Motors self-driving car partnership, speaks on stage at the launch of… Continue reading GM’s Cruise unit unveils driverless prototype vehicle for ride-sharing service