[ad_1] The Waymo team explained this as an opportunity to improve the industry as a whole. It hoped he data would improve not just other self-driving vehicles, but also general concepts like perception, behavior prediction and scene understanding. Those could help with computer vision tasks, particularly robotics and other areas where recognizing objects could prove […]
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Waymo uses evolutionary competition to improve its self-driving cars
[ad_1] The approach regularly has the networks compete against each other, with weaker examples being replaced by stronger “progeny” that are copies of the better-performing networks with slightly tweaked parameters (just as a child isn’t a perfect clone of its parent). This automatically gets rid of the poorer-performing networks while saving Waymo from having to […]
Daimler and Bosch inch closer to fully automated, self-driving valet service
[ad_1] It works like a kind of automated valet service. When Mercedes-Benz autonomous vehicles arrive at the garage, the driver will step out and direct the car to park itself via an app. Bosch sensors installed throughout the garage will give the vehicle the info it needs to navigate its surroundings. When the driver returns, […]
Aircraft lands itself truly autonomously for the first time
[ad_1] The technology uses GPS to navigate, but allies that with both visible light and infrared cameras to spot the runway and obtain an accurate sense of its position even when fog or rain hurts visibility. From there, the aircraft can calculate a glide path and otherwise touch down all on its own. The project […]
GM’s self-driving unit is close to receiving a $2.25 billion boost
[ad_1] It took more than a year, but GM’s self-driving company is close to receiving a giant cash infusion. Cruise Automation confirmed to Reuters that the Committee on Foreign Investment in the US (CFIUS) had approved SoftBank’s $2.25 billion investment in the driverless tech company. SoftBank will have a spot on Cruise’s board as a […]
VW will reportedly share its electric car platform with Ford
[ad_1] The companies are poised to talk about extending the partnership at a July 11th meeting, according to one of the sources. Neither VW nor Ford is willing to discuss the finer points of negotiations, although spokespeople for both said they were making progress. If the agreement holds, this could have a far-reaching effect on […]
Waymo will test its self-driving taxis on employees in California
[ad_1] There are some restrictions, of course. Waymo can’t charge for these rides, and every vehicle must have a safety driver behind the wheel. Interestingly, the CPUC will allow Waymo to contract out its safety driver operations to a third party — a decision prompted by Waymo’s assessment that operating and scaling a “meaningful pilot” […]
Waymo hires former Anki staff to lead its self-driving trucks
[ad_1] It sounds like an odd move to jump from tiny bots like Vector to big rigs, but it’s a logical extension for at least some Anki workers. Sofman, for instance, worked alongside Waymo staff in Carnegie Mellon’s autonomous vehicle labs. And many of the team’s core skills can translate. After all, navigation is a […]
Apple confirms it acquired a self-driving car startup
[ad_1] The latest self-driving firm to be consolidated is Drive.ai. The startup has been working on AI tech for autonomous vehicles for a few years, but found itself low on cash in an increasingly competitive market. Now, just as the San Francisco Chronicle reports that it filed with regulators about shutting down, Apple acquired it […]
Paris may offer flying taxis to 2024 Olympics guests
[ad_1] You wouldn’t have to wait long, either, as taxis could take off every six minutes. There are already machinations underway. Aeroports de Paris has to pick a site for a flying taxi hub in Paris by the end of 2019, and it should be ready within 18 months. The team will test the link […]