Waymo will export, for the first time, outside the United States. The ambitions of the company owned by Google (Alphabet group) are making it head towards Japan, with a determined step while competition is becoming increasingly rare in the United States (General Motors has drawn a line under Cruise, after more than 10 billion dollars invested). Resolute about the route to follow for its development, Waymo is sometimes less so when it comes to taking a roundabout. In a video that went viral in recent days, we were able to observe a Jaguar I-Pace without anyone on board going around a roundabout 37 times, in critical indecision.
Since the video, a Waymo spokesperson told the media outlet Tech Crunch that the company had been working on a fix, deployed across its entire fleet. But in the absence of anyone on board the vehicle and while we were unable to see the outcome of the scene, it remains difficult to understand how the American autonomous car managed to get “stuck” in this infinite loop, around of this roundabout. We can well imagine that the machine was unable to make a decision, and that the Waymo copy was “unblocked” by calling on a special team, responsible for taking charge of remotely controlling the cars when they They find themselves in a difficult situation.
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At Tesla, as the release of a robotaxi called “Cybercab” approaches, the company has published new job opportunities, with the aim of recruiting a new team which will have the difficult task of developing digital tools for the remote control of cars. Once this software is available, a team will be formed to supervise and, if necessary, take charge of the cars. During the presentation of the Cybercab in October, Tesla indirectly promoted such a system, by remotely assisting its humanoid robots, Optimus, so that they could interact in the most natural way possible with the guests.
In the meantime, Waymo is in the midst of renewing its fleet. In the future, its self-driving cars will be based on ZeekR “M-Vision” vans, as well as Hyundai Ioniq 5s, thanks to the South Korean brand’s assembly lines in Georgia. In exchange, Hyundai will be able to benefit from its technological advances in autonomous driving in the future. Waymo will count on development that will further highlight Google’s artificial intelligence, by “imitating human reasoning to break down complex tasks into a series of logical steps.” A path reminiscent of Tesla, even if Waymo still relies on more traditional equipment, such as LiDAR.
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